HI, > On 16 Dec 2014, at 17:30, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Definitely time to start discussions on ApacheConNA in April (in Austin) > and OpenOffice's participation. > > Back in November, Rich Bowen suggested we think more about "project > tracks" and gathering appropriate talks/topics for these tracks. > See: http://markmail.org/message/mlq5njhec4daqxkt > > With this in mind, I thought it would be fun to highlight OpenOffice's > 15 years of "open source" goodness (our 15 year open source anniversary > date is actually Oct. 13, 2015 -- see: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org#History) > > Maybe talks of the following nature would be appropriate: > > * How did the ODF get established and why was this needed for an > opensource office development project > > * Details on the development architecture of the suite -- how was this > established with respect to ongoing maintenance? Were different > considerations needed to take StarOffice to OpenOffice? > > * Challenges faced by open source projects/products in gaining > acceptance by business enterprises. > > * Why downstream developers used OpenOffice source code. What did they > give back. > > These are just a few ideas on this topic -- we need more! > > What does anyone think? > > I would like to circulate and idea list along with an "invitation" to > submit talks/ sessions to "dev", "users", "announcements", our social > networks and anyplace else -- university contacts, etc. > > Considering our download stats put us at 700,000+ downloads per week, > many folks know we're here. Let's hear from some of them.
Let’s create a wiki on this subject and then remind the lists of deadlines, etc. Personally, I like topics that question as well as present; that don’t just preach to attendant choirs but engage the skepticism of audiences and answer the doubts, problems, and so on. Or, suggest strong solutions. By which I mean those that can actually be implemented by regular people, as well as by corporate equivalents. louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
