Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> wrote on 06/05/2011 07:49:41 PM: > From: Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Date: 06/05/2011 07:50 PM > Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Richard S. Hall <he...@ungoverned.org>wrote: > > > > > I don't think the proposal here is for OOo to enter incubation and then try > > to copy everything that TDF/LO does. I assume the proposers have a vision > > for where they want to go, even though they may be starting from the same > > place. > > > > I'm not clear how safe that assumption is - that's what I have been waiting > to see explained for quite a while actually. Rob has been strong on > long-term abstract vision (clearly more omniscient than me), but any time > specifics of what (& how) is going to happen in the immediate future in > terms of maintaining the important consumer end-user presence OpenOffice.org > delivers, things get pretty fuzzy and hand-wavey. >
Perhaps you missed it in the thread on end-users. Here is a link: http://markmail.org/message/ge3jom3px5dviils IMHO, the growth in end user adoption will happen in the enterprise. That will require support mechanisms that are far beyond what LO or Apache can give. But it will be provided by a mix of consultancies based on free or libre versions of the code, as well as by commercial;, mixed-source versions built upon the Apache code. In parallel to that, we'll continue doing the same thing that OOo did for the last 10 years, provide documentation, tutorials, FAQ's, user forums, etc., on http://OpenOffice.org. The intent is to keep that as the end-user portal. I'd be interesting in hearing if the TDF has something stronger to offer. Were you planning on providing 24x7 phone support? Visiting customers to do migrations? Provide 14 day guaranteed patch support? Provide onsite training? Of course not. Supporting the full range of end users requires an entire ecosystem of partners. I believe that the Apache 2.0 license facilitates growing that kind of ecosystem. We've seen this happen with many other Apache projects. -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
