On Tuesday 03 March 2015 19:14:59 Jos Poortvliet wrote: > Hi all, Talking about happy things - I assume most of you read http://owncloud.org/news ??? There's educational and fun stuff there, like http://raghunayyar.com/blog/2015/02/13/art-of-writing-quality-css.html https://owncloud.org/blog/we-love-free-software/ https://statuscode.ch/2015/02/contributing-back-to-open-source
and so much more... Put it in your RSS reader. ownCloud news happens to be a good RSS reader, by the way ;-) Cheers, J > 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 -- 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
