On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 >
OK. I just created a page for topics. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=50855951 Please add as you desire! Maybe we can finalize this in the next few days. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out." -- Lou Reed
