On Wednesday 04 March 2015 11:46:37 mark.zieg...@rakekniven.de wrote: > Hello Jos, > > nice to hear about such a good feedback! > Feels good :-) > > Hope all other project people read your message!
Feel free to share it to the forums! I am certain things like the list of common upgrade issues your team did for ownCloud 8 made a BIG impact for many thousands of users. Note that I added links to that excellent resource in the announcement blog on owncloud.org and also send the links out over social media. Just awesome, really! > Cheers, > Mark > > Quoting "Raju D. Vindane" <raj...@openmailbox.org>: > > Jos Thanks a lot for letting us feel good about this. > > > > On 03/03/2015 11:44 PM, Jos Poortvliet wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I know you have plenty of bug reports and other stuff to deal with, but > >> here's a message you should hear/read: in February, ownCloud people were > >> at > >> FOSDEM and SCALE and talked to at least 2,000 people about what we do. > >> > >> And they *LOVED ownCloud* > >> > >> And that is a quote: _LOVE_. I heard that not just once or twice, but > >> probably over 50 times: "Dude, I love ownCloud" and every > >> permutation of that > >> sentence possible. And further, there were hundreds of "you guys > >> are awesome" > >> to "ownCloud rocks" to "man, I am so happy I found ownCloud" and so on! > >> > >> People who didn't know about ownCloud told me "wow, that is awesome, I > >> will > >> try that as soon as I get home" and I even had one person come to me, say > >> "hey, I don't use ownCloud, but I think it is fantastic what you are > >> doing, > >> keep it up!" -> there's no way to disappoint that person :D > >> > >> Serious. We didn't talk to more than 5 people who were _less_ than > >> very happy > >> with ownCloud. > >> > >> You see, the thing is: ownCloud fulfills a *very important role* for many > >> people. There is no other proper, open solution to do what ownCloud does > >> and it is working extremely well for the vast majority of our users. > >> Yes, with so > >> many users you are bound to find corner cases and stuff all the time so > >> it > >> seems there's a load of issues. Perhaps, but they touch very few of > >> our users > >> and if they touch them, they can often find a solution with a quick > >> search in > >> our forums or github as you are all doing a *wonderful job* answering > >> questions and helping people deal with issues. > >> > >> We are making a _real difference_. Serious. I think you can safely assume > >> that the handful of Reddit complainers probably didn't even TRY > >> ownCloud, and > >> at the very least are a tiny, tiny minority. Not saying "stop fixing > >> issues" but after talking to many hundreds of grateful users, I'd like > >> to share some of their thanks with you. Please know you are *loved* and > >> appreciated far more than our github, IRC or mailing lists sometimes > >> show! > >> > >> If you wonder: what were the biggest issues they had? I have to > >> disappoint > >> you. I had no more than 4 or 5 people come to me and tell me they had > >> some > >> kind of problem. A few had problems with contact/calendar syncing, and 2 > >> experienced upgrade issues. And none of them were very negative: they > >> just > >> mentioned a bit of frustration between the praise. Serious. I had > >> NOBODY come > >> to me and say "ownCloud sucks" or anything remotely like that. NOBODY. > >> > >> So yes. > >> > >> *Lots of LOVE* from a massive number of users. To all of you. Bask in it! > >> > >> If you are more of a graphical person: > >> > >> oo > >> > >> oo OOOOOOOO: OOOOOOOO! > >> > >> oOOOO!!!!;;;;O OO.......:;!O > >> > >> 'OOO!!!;;;;;;;;O O.......: ;!O > >> OOO!!!!;;::::::.OO........: ;!O > >> OO!!!!;;:::::..............: ;!O > >> OOO!!!;::::::..............: ;!O > >> > >> OO!!;;::::::.............: ;!O > >> > >> OO!;;::::::......oo.....::::!O > >> > >> O!!;::::::........oo..:::O > >> > >> !!!;:::::..........ooO > >> > >> !!;:::::.......O oo > >> > >> ;;::::.....O oo ,o > >> > >> :::..O ooo > >> ::: > >> ::. oooo > >> > >> --\ _----_ /-- > >> > >> |:::" ":::| > >> > >> /-- \ \-: O -/ /---\ > >> > >> |: \ | /-o-\ | / :| > >> > >> \: \ \| |// : / > >> > >> \: \-\-U-/-/:: : / > >> > >> \:: / \;:/ > >> > >> / \ > >> > >> /---\: /---\ > >> > >> /---\ \: /: /--\ > >> > >> / \ |:;.. |:/ \ > >> > >> / |/ \----/\ | \ > >> > >> | / \ | > >> > >> \ ___/ \ ___ / > >> > >> Hugs, > >> Jos > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Devel mailing list > >> Devel@owncloud.org > >> http://mailman.owncloud.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@owncloud.org > http://mailman.owncloud.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- Disclaimer: Everything I do and say is based on my view of the world today. I am not responsible for changes in the world, nor my view on it. Everything I say is meant in a positive and friendly way, unless explicitly stated otherwise. find me on blog.jospoortvliet.com _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@owncloud.org http://mailman.owncloud.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
