Hi,
OpenOffice.org has been given the opportunity to hold a booth at
LinuxWorld San Francisco this 4-7 August. We have also been given a
two-day space (room) for community events, and these could include
just about anything. In short, the deal is that we can use LinuxWorld
as a community meeting place.
Here's some background. LinuxWorld used to be big in open source. Then
suits came to recognize the money value of Foss and over a few quick
years LW transmogrified. Last time we were there, in 2005 or -06, it
was mainly one booth being pitching to another and nary a true
developer in sight, let alone someone who hadn't already heard of OOo
and claimed to use it.
However, there are some changes this time. First, the two-day
community day is an opportunity. Our "community" in the US, and
especially places like the SF Bay Area, where it should be big, is
small, relative to other polities. This could help in building it.
Second, 3.0 is coming out, and this could be a means of staging that
Greatly-Desired-Build to those over there.
What we need, to make a decision, is some expression of interest by
people who could staff a booth and make the community days
interesting. Most of us don't live around there, in the SF Bay Area,
and flying out there is costly, not to mention bad for the
environment. It's also not at all certain that OOo could subsidize any
travel or lodging.
But speak out. If enough people can do this, I'll move forward with
this. Only please act as soon as you can.
Thanks
louis
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