On 8/14/05, swhiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Moore wrote: > > >On 8/14/05, Graham Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Adam Moore wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I specifically did not go because I don't feel it's the best place to > >>>spend our time. These people already know OpenOffice. Being at OSCON > >>>I kind of discovered that the best people to be there are developers. > >>>Since a great deal of our developers are not from the western United > >>>States it would be difficult to have a contingency there. > >>> > >>>What questions would he have asked? I don't think people go to > >>>linuxworld to find out what OpenOffice is. They already know. Their > >>>questions are more tech support specific and something that I think > >>>not all of us are prepared to answer. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>I agree and if you remember I started a discussion on the list with a > >>similar comment with regard to Linux Confs and where we need to focus, > >>back in February. > >> > >> > This as very interesting. It is consistent with my frustration at our > traditional imbalance spending too much effort within the FLOSS black > box, preaching to the converted. So I support the sentiment expressed > here about conferences. > > But that aside, OOo booth at LWE has always been a critical venue for > candid exchange of info with WIN32 DEVELOPERS (!!!) who are eager to > port their work out of that dead end (into the open stack). Just the > ticket. > > The other part that's not being done is getting in front of the > Windows-Using community. We have very little time and overlap > there....where it is most needed. > > -Sam > >
That is why I stated we need developers at the conference. It is hard for me to talk to people about developing seeing I am not a developer. I try to keep an open breath of info and I can point them in the right direction, but specifics I can't give. That said, at this time we cannot afford to take developers off of work. It is too busy to lose their time. Maybe I just need to learn how to develop. ;) -- Adam Moore Community Volunteer OOo blog: AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
