(sent on behalf of the Apache OpenOffice PPMC: http://s.apache.org/PI0 )
* Devroom name: Apache OpenOffice * Description Apache OpenOffice, formerly known as OpenOffice.org, is one of the most popular Free and Open Source software projects. The project, hosted by the Apache Software Foundation since June 2011, had two successful releases in 2012, with more than 16 million downloads in 4 months. OpenOffice is developed by a large and diverse community, including full-time and part-time core developers, translators, testers, user experience experts, documentation contributors, developers of third-party extensions and templates. * Project URLs - http://www.openoffice.org - http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/ * Preferred day: Saturday or Sunday - Saturday * Why should FOSDEM accept this proposal? After a period of reorganization at Apache, the OpenOffice project managed to come back to a regular release schedule, is attracting new volunteers and is now able to successfully engage them. Recent contributions, like the donation of the Lotus Symphony code by IBM, provide interesting challenges for new developers, and there are a lot of tasks available for non-developers too. An Apache OpenOffice devroom would allow existing volunteers to meet and discuss future developments, and users and potential new volunteers to learn how they can help the project, thanks to presentations and hacking sessions spanning a broad range of topics. The Apache OpenOffice project is definitely willing to consider a possible suggestion by the organizers for a joint "ODF editors" devroom, dedicated to Apache OpenOffice and to the other Free and Open Source editors using OpenDocument as their native format. Best regards, Andrea Pescetti - Apache OpenOffice PPMC.
