Eric Renaud wrote:
+1 and good stuff Eric. Would Sun Marketing be interested in sponsoriing an OOo booth at the NEA conference.Daniel Carrera wrote:
I don't mean to be contentious, but if I can get Sun to fund this, why would you look a giftEric Renaud wrote:
Either way, the one we have is beat down and tired. So, I'm ccing
my boss, Marla Parker, to ask if we can allocate some budget towards
getting several banners.
Of course, the ideal situation would be for OOo to be able to raise funds of its own and spend them on its own banners. Don't take me wrong, I'm very grateful to Sun. But I think that everyone would be happier if OOo was less depedent on Sun for everything. Banners are such a tiny thing that it's embarassing to realize that the community can't make their own. We should be able to get our own banners, and much more. We should be able to bring OOo t-shirts to our booths, print nicely-bound books, and provide business cards to volunteers.
horse in the mouth?
The OO.o community relies on donations. A donation from Sun
is the same from any other source. Beware the fear of the corporate sponsor:: It's the hobgoblin
of many an Open Source project . . .
< shameless plug > And perhaps airfares for someone from the UK and one from New Zealand. It would be useful to have educators manning the booth. :)
< /shameless plug >
But seriously I would certainly be keen and but for a lack of funds I would be happy to pay my own way and Ian has put his hand up already.
For mine promoting Star Office as the Commecial version of OOo which just happens to be free to Educational institutions is not that much of a step. Heck I do that anyway.
The best and strongest OSS projects, namely OOo and Mozilla have come from commercial parents. A sign of maturity is when children stop denying their parentage.
Cheers Yo
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