Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Feb 1, 2012 3:40 AM, "Louis Suárez-Potts" <lsuarezpo...@gmail.com> wrote: >
... > > I am *not* saying we ought to do the same thing here. Quite the > opposite. I have maintained that it's best to focus on development and > contribution here and to have a proper focus users elsewhere, though > "elsewhere" could easily be within the generous embrace of Apache. > > louis +1 That's how ASF projects work and it's how a broad range of contributors get paid for their work. It's useful to know that you feel this would be a better model for AOO given the lessons from history in OOo. There is always the user list for those users who fall in-between supported users and active contributors, thatis those who are happy with a self-help community. Ross