Very weel said, Si ! Jacques
> David, Tim, Mike, et al- > > I'm really excited about the OFBIZ.org site redesign and think > this'll be great for the project. I just had a couple of thoughts > about it: > > 1. It should be more "visual" but not overly graphical or fancy with > flash or images, etc. I think open sourcers are looking for > information, and something that looks overly commercial would not be > right. > > 2. We should play up more about the sites, products, and projects > that use OFBiz. It's really great how many major commercial sites, > products, and open source projects use OFBiz, and that should give us > more credibility. > > 3. Above all, we should talk about what OFBiz stands for -- what are > the core values or principles of the project, both technically and > culturally, and why they are better for the developers and users of > OFBiz. I think people try open source because it's free, use it > because it works for them, but then get passionate about it because > they identify with its values and ideals, so it's really important > than we communicate ours clearly. For example, we just discussed the > roles and responsibilities of our committers on the DEV list. I > think we should have information like that and then explain to > newbies what that really means. We should similarly discuss what the > philosophy behind the framework and applications are and then explain > why it's great. > > Again, I'm very excited about the site redesign and the new logo and > really appreciate your work on this. > > Si
