Hello all,
It's a very good idea to make a policy in order to be listed on the
directory. But I'm not sure that a ''registration'' fee even a small
one, is a good idea, because :
1 - it's easier for the big companies (vs the small ones) to pay,
2 - it's always easier to pay for something rather than to do something
(to contribute per exemple ;-) )
3 - who will have the money, for what ?
Perhaps it's possible to mention in the directory if a company
participates to the OOo community. In France, I sometime loose
businesses because of the price against compagnies that never participate.
Best
JF Donikian
Charles Schulz a écrit :
Hello,
these are very good ideas and I also agree that a fee should be asked in
order to be listed on the directory.
+1 to that.
Best,
Charles-H.Schulz.
Erwin Tenhumberg a écrit :
I agree with Peter that first need to agree on the policy for
being listed. I also agree with Louis and Cor that a small fee
makes sense.
>From my point of view for being listed a company has to ...
... provide a dedicated webpage that explains the services
for OpenOffice.org, e.g. OpenOffice.org must be explicitly
mentioned on the page.
+1
... put one or more links back to the main OpenOffice.org site
on the company web pages, e.g. to make sure that people
are made aware of the larger community (e.g. a link to the
contributing page)
+1
... pay/donate x dollars via PayPal (e.g. $100) for being listed,
i.e. the money helps to sustain the project and it's fair
from a community point of view (i.e. everybody contributes
something back)
see above
I agree with Peter that a frequently run script based check
regarding the existence / online status of the dedicated page
would be very useful in order to avoid "zombie entries".
+1
Best regards,
Erwin
Cor Nouws wrote:
Hi Peter :-), *,
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
also consider charging to be listed. The fee would be minimal and
would go to paying for sustaining the project.
I think it is OK to ask a fee. After all, for busniness listed it is
marketing. And they also can exist (partly) because OOo exists ...
This of course alongside other actions to improve the list, what
Peter is writing about.
Regards,
Cor
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