> -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Wenk [mailto:andyw...@apache.org] > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 14:26 > To: dev@community.apache.org > Subject: Re: Trouble child OpenOffice > > Hi Raphael, > > this is really sad to hear. The gap between so many users and a > vanishing community developers wise is really strange. So the question > comes to mind what the reasons are for this situation: > > * are there problems in the community - especially among the developers? > * is OpenOffice not competitive anymore compared to Microsoft Office? > * is OpenOffice not competitive anymore compared to Google Docs and > similar tools? > * are the download numbers correct? [orcmid]
>From 2017-01-01 to 2017-03-31, the first quarter of 2017, Apache OpenOffice >4.1.3 was downloaded from the SourceForge mirrors over 9 million times. You can see the distribution by platform at <https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.3/stats/os?dates=2017-01-01+to+2017-03-31> > * do you have an idea about the acceptance of OpenOffice in the wide > world (marketing. press and so on)? [orcmid] You can see the distribution by language and nation (roughly based on the origin of the download request). > > I am quite sure you already asked and discussed these questions. But > maybe they trigger some in depth discussions to better understand the > “why” > > I wish you all the best with the project and hope, that it will move on. > > Andy > -- > Andy Wenk > Hamburg - Germany > RockIt! > > GPG public key: > http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x45D3565377F93D29 > > > > > On 19. Apr 2017, at 22:19, Raphael Bircher <rbircherapa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi people > > > > I want to raise a question here. I know, we have to solve our problems > our self, but maybe here are people with ideas. OpenOffice has a big > community problem. The community was simply melted away in the last > year. We have at the moment no Company who offer devs. And the rest of > the community fights the absolutely urgent issues. There was already a > discussion about retirement, it was refused. But this doesn't mean we > are out of the danger zone. > > > > The sweet part of this story is our user base. We have 100'000 > Downloads EVERY single DAY. I mean, this is crazy. We have really loyal > users. We get also frequently messages from user who just want to say > "thank you". > > > > The sad thing about this is, they have actually no chance to do > something for the program. They are looked out. Remember, they are > normal users, they are no developers. They are typically private users > or small companies. But imagine what happened if only a small part of > our users pay 20$. > > > > We really need devs and we need skilled one, because OpenOffice is > challenging for programmers. Companies with a load of money has a easy > way to influence an Apache project. Simply pay a developer, that's it. > But people without big pocket are simply looked out. (if they have no > programmer skills) That's not fair! > > > > How to solve this problem? Thanks a load. > > > > Regards Raphael > > > > -- > > My introduction https://youtu.be/Ln4vly5sxYU > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
