Tobias, My own estimate would rather be north of 500k. But that's just me. If you have a serious proposal and the full specs for citrus you could propose this to the BoD.
Best, Charles. Le 9 déc. 2011 21:32, "Tobias Bernard" <berto...@gmail.com> a écrit : > hi all > > while we are talking about money: how much money would we need to get the > new UI done in, let's say, 2 years? > i think there are are many people out there who would donate a lot of money > if they knew they'd get a new UI anytime soon. we could, for example, start > a kickstarter campaign and raise money with one clear goal, such as: a new > UI in 2013 (example). > > of course, the changes to the UI could be done gradually as mirek said > several times and some functions could be available earlier, but having a > clear goal would certainly change the way people look at the issue. > > from the experiences other free software projects have had, i'd say it > would be possible to raise 200k or similar with such a campaign, if there > was enough media coverage. additionally we could also look for sponsors > (companies, governments, etc) to raise some of the money. > > what do you think? > > tobias > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
