HI, >Erwin Tenhumberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> Some people might interpret the article in a way that the ration >> between Sun and non-Sun developers is something like 50:14. > >Well, I started poking around on Google and found a web chat from 2001, >nine months after OOo had been opene sourced. At that stage it had been >downloaded 250,000 times. There had been 70,000 downloads of the source >code. Precisely 12 outside developers had been granted commit access. So I >do hope that it's more than 14 now. > >Reference >http://developers.sun.com/solaris/developer/chat/transcripts/2001/ sl0719.ht >ml > > > The nunber of those granted commit access can be approximated by going here and counting:
<http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html> Not all who have signed the forms are developers and not all have commit access, but they do line up. We also list companies; you'll notice quite a few. In fact, if the media want information as to which companies are working with OOo, they can always go to this page. What are these persons and companies doing? Many are doing coding, many localization, many porting; and many web stuff, which also requires commit access. You'll probably recognize a some of the names there. I think the last time I counted the number was about 500, and that was 6 months ago. In the meanwhile, we have made it a lot easier for developers to gain commit access and work on the code. More can be done, and we are open to constructive suggestions; if you have them, send a note here or suggest something for the Community Council and ESC agenda. (ESC: Engineering Steering Committee, <http://council.openoffice.org/esc/>. Best, Louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
