Hello Georg, Just provided a little contribution, as I also see the need and importance of this project. However, I don't like the campaign platform which was choosen. Payment is exclusively in the hand of Paypal, which I try to avoid. However, it is done now.
Best Regards, Volker On 06/06/2015 12:13 PM, Georg C. F. Greve wrote: > Dear all, > > In the spirit of full disclosure, let me start by pointing out that I am CEO > and - along with other employees, some of whom you will also know - > shareholder of Kolab Systems AG (https://kolabsystems.com) and that Kolab > Systems has been the driving force behind Roundcube for the past years. > > Kolab Systems has also agreed to help the Roundcube Next team in its aim to > refactor and build the next technology generation. > > So I am not neutral. > > That said, I genuinely believe it is extremely important for the Free > Software > community to get behind Roundcube Next and help us push it forward, as > well as bring others on board with it. > > The longer story is here: http://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=676 > > TL;DR, Part I: As a community we *require* technologies that compete with > Google Apps, Office 365 and the likes in features, convenience, UI/UX, yet > provide full control and freedom to users. > > TL;DR, Part II: Application Service Providers should get on board with that > push *right now* because otherwise they will find themselves forced into > becoming re-sellers for Office 365 and Google Apps -- and increasingly > unable to compete with their features & networking effects. > > Some already understood this, and have joined the Roundcube Next community, > such as cPanel (http://blog.cpanel.com/on-to-the-next/), Tucows, and now also > Fastmail > (http://blog.fastmail.com/2015/06/05/fastmail-supports-roundcube-next-development/). > > > But there are many more providers using Roundcube today who have not joined, > nor have they contributed in the past. For them it should be obvious to join. > > And then there are those that have their own home-brew interfaces (such as > Fastmail) who get the unique opportunity to become part of a new, growing > community that will create a technology that will make them fully competitive > against the "big clouds" in 18 months from now. > > Unfortunately, most of them have not realized this yet. > > So unless your provider is cPanel, Tucows, Fastmail or Kolab Now, all of who > are part of this already, please encourage them to step up and join the > community to push for Roundcube Next. > > Direct link for your convenience: > > https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/roundcube-next--2/x/4658765#/story > > Best regards, > Georg > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
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