On Fri, 2010-01-01 at 18:24 -0500, Drew Jensen wrote: > Hello, > > I've been meaning to send this email for a couple of months now..so here > goes. > > An earlier email about my trip to the Ohio LinuxFest this past September. > > There was something that came up a few times during my visit there that > merits being passed along to this list, IMO - if it had come from one > person I would dismiss it, but this happened maybe a half dozen times - > one representative exchange. > > Hi > Howdy > So you work on any FOSS project. > I volunteer a little for OpenOffice.org. (That is exactly how I said > that EACH time) > Oh - I wish I could get paid to work on a FOSS project! > > OK, now when I was speaking with folks, say from a Linux magazine or one > of the big money FOSS companies - they did not have this misconception, > but more often then not when I was speaking with 'just a guy (or gal)' > this was exactly what they thought. > > 1 OpenOffice.org = Sun Microsystems > 2 Everyone who works on the project is paid staff. > > Just passing it along, for whatever it's worth.
Maybe we need to support opportunities for people to make a living working with OOo. The certification project has the potential to do this but it is not going to be easy. (Nothing worthwhile ever is :-) ). We can't sell OOo licenses but we can sell quality assurance for user skills and we can make certification a good deal less expensive than a MS Office license never mind MS Office certification. So you get the software and an internationally accredited certificate that says you are competent to use it for less than the price the competition is charging for a license to use. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
