Hi - I am top posting a reply because I want to put the donations issue in the context of the existing www.openoffice.org. I think that we have had sporadic and reactive planning. Probably because not enough of the community was focused on these issues. Now we have focus. So, I think we need to have a coherent agreement on how to best proceed with changes that should be made to openoffice.org. Let's leave aside the issue of whether or not these are made to the existing Kenai version.
The main www.openoffice.org page has a 5 major buttons. (1) I want to learn more about OpenOffice.org. What it is - Link to why.openoffice.org which is a marketing presentation with a different look and feel. This is currently a marketing piece. Question - should this lead to a discussion of the whole openoffice eco-system along with an updated version of "why"? (2) I want to download OpenOffice.org. What it is - This expands to a smart download mechanism. Action - when the podling has a release then it needs to be factored in. Otherwise this stays as links to legacy. (3) I want to help with OpenOffice.org What it is - Link to support.openoffice.org which is an outline of resources. Action - someone should update this to include appropriate updates for the current full OOo community beyond AOOo (4) I want to do more with my OpenOfficeorg What it is - Link to extensions.services.openoffice.org which is hosted at OSUOSL. Question - should we have an openoffice.org page in front of this? (5) I want to participate in OpenOffice.org. What it is - Link to contributing.openoffice.org. This page and the sub-pages require the attention of the PPMC - Current topics (including donations are:) Programming Marketing Quality Assurance Graphics and Art Writing Helping Users User Experience Monetary Donations Language Communities My point is that all of this needs to put into policies both acceptable to the ASF and to the greatest benefit of the whole OOo community. I don't even think the outline is correct. Sorry to expand this issue, but I think the full context is appropriate. Best Regards, Dave On Oct 19, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Martin Hollmichel wrote: > Hi, > >>> I think the question we should be asking, in addition, is: what makes >>> us think that the model that OOo used historically might not work even >>> better? >> >> +1 >> >> I think what matters is not just "oh it works fine" but how do we maximise >> benefits. >> >> > Indeed, invest into mechanism to boost up the ecosystem to help partners do > their business better and thus come to faster solutions for end users and > customers is a central issue, we should and want to work on, > > Martin >
