Hi Rob 2014/1/7 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org>
> So we reached the 85 million download mark. Yea! 100 million will be > here soon. Even if we never have another release we will reach 100 > million sometime in the next few months. It doesn't require much > effort. Inertia will do it. We have a solid application, translated > into many languages, available on all major operating systems. We > have a popular brand name and user satisfaction as well. 100 million > will not require much effort at all. > > So let's set a bigger target for ourselves. How about 250 million, a > nice round number? To get there will require more than just the > status quo. It will require more than just repeating ourselves. > > What kinds of things would we need to do to reach that kind of goal? > > 1. Additional translations, especially for large language communities > like Hindi, Malay, Telugu and Persian. > > 2. A leap forward in product quality and performance > > 3. Nailing Microsoft interoperability, across binary and XML formats > > 4. Working well out-of-the-box on all platforms, meaning code signing > on Windows and Mac and repository installs on Linux. > > 5. Something extra, something unique. We need to be more than just > gratis and libre. There needs to be a reason to use OpenOffice even > if you already had Microsoft Office. > > Any ideas? > The downloads do not necessarily correspond to real users, as you said before if I good remember, but it's a good indicator. We should penetrate deeper into the Windows world, I have always the impression that we are too much in the pool of former users of OpenOffice.org. I think a solution would be to push the portable version, but preconfigured with templates and cliparts and some extensions preinstalled to avoid that the user is confronted too fast with configurations issues. Why not a portable version by language entirely preconfigured with templates and cliparts that could be distributed on customized USB keys by companies to their clients ? Everybody could have an office suite ready to use on his/her USB key, lipstick tube, pocket knife, etc. People could use their own free office suite on almost any computer they encounter, without the need to have their own laptop. Perhaps a good challenge for each community to provide such a product specially adapted to what is really needed in their own country. A+ -- gw > >
