Author: robweir
Date: Tue Jan 8 17:45:09 2013
New Revision: 1430403
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1430403&view=rev
Log: (empty)
Modified:
openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/index.html
openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_volunteers.mdtext
Modified: openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/index.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/index.html?rev=1430403&r1=1430402&r2=1430403&view=diff
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--- openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/index.html (original)
+++ openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/index.html Tue Jan 8 17:45:09 2013
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@
<div id="news">
<div class="campaign">
+
+ <h2>Volunteers, not Amateurs</h2>
+ <p><em>8 January 2013:</em>Apache OpenOffice is developed 100% by
volunteers. Apache does not pay for developers, for translators, for QA, for
marketing, for UI, for support, etc.
+ Of course, we're happy to accept <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html";>donations to the
Apache Software Foundation]</a>, to keep our servers runnings and for
+ similar ovehead expenses. But our products are developed entirely by
volunteers.
+
+ <p>Some users are intially worried by this statement. <strong>How can
software for free, developed by volunteers, be any good?</strong>
+ <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_volunteers.html";>Read on for an
answer...</a></p>
+
<h2>Apache OpenOffice given two Bossie Awards!</h2>
<p><em>18 September 2012:</em> InfoWorld has awarded Apache OpenOffice two
Bossies (Best of Open Source), one for the OpenOffice application, and one for
our <a href="http://templates.services.openoffice.org/";>templates website</a>.
Modified: openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_volunteers.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_volunteers.mdtext?rev=1430403&r1=1430402&r2=1430403&view=diff
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--- openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_volunteers.mdtext (original)
+++ openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_volunteers.mdtext Tue Jan 8
17:45:09 2013
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ and work on the project to keep their sk
project to stay close to potential customers. Others are students, studying
software engineering or a related field, and participate in our project as a
form of electronic
internship.
-So our all-volunteer principle is a statement of how we are organized, as a
non-profit. But this is not a statement on the professionalism and talent of
our volunteers. In fact,
-very few corporations would be able to afford the kind of talent that we have,
as volunteers, helping with Apache OpenOffice.
+So our all-volunteer principle is a statement of how we are organized, as a
non-profit. We do not pay for developers. But this is not a statement on the
professionalism and
+talent of our volunteers. In fact, very few corporations would be able to
afford the kind of talent that we have, as volunteers, helping with Apache
OpenOffice.
##Join us!
