On 7 October 2013 01:28, Raphael Bircher <r.birc...@gmx.ch> wrote: > Hi all > > Am 05.10.13 13:30, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: > > Jörg Schmidt wrote: >> >>> Apache could for example give hints/weblinks how to encrypt emails (that >>> would >>> help people in dictatorships), but that is not the real object of Apache >>> >> >> That would not be relevant to the project. But if someone has a budget to >> spend in improving Apache OpenOffice, this would be relevant to the >> project: it would be useful to him to learn that he cannot pay a developer >> through Apache, but that (with no involvement and no responsibilities for >> Apache) he can post his request on a third-party website. >> > Yes, it's not a topic for the ASF, but for the OpenOffice Community. The > special thing about OpenOffice is the large userbase. If only one of 500 > users invest 10 dollars, there would be a investment about 1 million > dollars. Luckely this doesn't happend. I simply want to show how big the > potential is. To get me right, I talk about investments, and not about > donnations. > > I plane to start small, with small projects of same 1000 dollars. You can > see the results faster and good results generate new funds. It is not a > easy part, and I understand everyone who stay away from this business. But > it is also a big chance for OpenOffice and of course for developers.
I think you are on a correct track in my experience AOO is very well suited for crowdfunding, we have a very large known user base. I see it as a chance to get things done we otherwise would not have the capacity to do. The key to success is however a lot of preparation, you have one shot with your campain, so it needs to be eye catching and understandable (the user must see the personal benefit). Choosing the right website seems less important, trix is to use the social media. One of my good friends ran a very succesfull campain, raising funding to build a small footprint controller with embedded linux, it actually paid for 5 people a small year. If you need/want help with preparing the campain or afterwards, just mail me. rgds jan I. > >> Then, like all patches, this contribution may or may not be included in >> OpenOffice depending on licensing and technical merit. But at least we give >> some more visibility to the OpenOffice "ecosystem", quite similarly to what >> we do with consultants. >> >> That said, I have very little experience with crowdfunding sites and I >> don't know what the best one would be to find OpenOffice developers. >> > I will talk next week to a person who has probabily experiance with this. > I know this person from may sporttime. He has a company that helps in > startups. Sametimes it's good to have a load of connections ;-) > > Greetings Raphael > > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
