Beside the RedFlag people, how strong is the independent community of Chineese project?
What's the URL where the videos will be posted? Any big development showcased during the conference? How much attention was there for ODF? compared to UOF On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Louis Suarez-Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > Others will write more about OOoCon 2008, and they should :-) There will > also be videos and many blog accounts, including my own. But I thought I'd > send in this brief summary of the 6th OOoCon, the first held in Beijing, but > I hope not the last held in Asia. > > It was a success, at least if measured by the camaraderie created and > renewed, the interest value of the panels, the (possible) expansion of the > community. > > Our hosts, chiefly Redflag 2000, and other members of the Beijing area and > Chinese NLC community, did a superb job of making us feel at home and > providing the attendees with excellent hospitality. We all owe them our > thanks for the honour shown us! > > China is serious, very serious, about Foss and OOo. They see its potential. > The alternative is unacceptable. The problem, and I'm not sure it's exactly > a problem, is moving ahead so that their use of Foss, and OOo, is > sustainable. Put another way, consumption must be coupled with production, > but, like everyone else, they lack those able to produce OOo, and China (to > speak of a vast nation as a single they), like so many other polities and > regions around the world, perceive Foss as implying an unfamiliar culture of > production and distribution. > > Perhaps it does. But OOo is nothing if not very flexible and international, > and does not impose a single way of doing things. We just want people to do > things--collaboratively, and now. Time is not pausing while we catch our > breath and neither is anyone else. As I said on the opening day: Act now. > > My thanks to all who attended and my hope that those of you who could not > can catch the panels and discussions when they are posted and will comment > on the content. The conversations begun in Beijing must be continued; what > was said and done there should not be forgotten. OpenOffice.org has a > reached a milestone, where our maturity as an application is recognized > around the world (the numbers prove it) and our format, which allows so many > other applications to work with it, gaining very quickly among governments. > > And this all means we need to inform the adopters how to work with us, to > sustain the project; promote among users everywhere the idea of OOo as > something more than a mere commodity but as something that is extensible, > modfiable, and theirs, as well as a community thing. And we need to act now. > > Thanks to all, and thanks to Redflag 2000 and the Chinese Native Lang > Community! > > Cheers, > > -louis > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
