David Welton wrote: > Hi, with the pending graduation of OFBiz, there is some enthusiasm for > talking it up. I've CC'ed the PRC, which is the group in Apache > responsible for communications/PR sorts of things in order to see if > they have any advice, since they have a few people who are > professionals in that field, and volunteer some of their time with > Apache. > > Jacopo correctly notes that the graduation hasn't actually occurred > yet, but I still think that some amount of noise wouldn't hurt. PR > dudes, what do you think: a bit of noise now, more when the top level > project is created and visible, and more when a release is cut, or > more of a big-bang approach? > > However, I think it would also be a good idea to "manage > expectations", as they say - OFBiz's code hasn't really changed from > one day to the next, this is mostly an organizational milestone, so > I'm not sure I would push the message of "go try OFBiz now". > > Perhaps Si's suggestion that simply writing about it on blogs is about > the right level of "noise" at this point in time. Another avenue > might be to talk with the feathercast (http://feathercast.org/) folks, > who I have CC'ed as well, depending on their schedule.
Sure :-) We've already have a piece on OfBiz in the can, but maybe a brief update for this news would be a good addition? Let us know when you're around and we'll schedule something. BTW, we're also looking for people to talk to us about "their year" (highlights/lowligts etc) for an end of year wrap up show - volunteers welcome to get in touch :-) > > In any case, it's certainly noteworthy, and a lot of credit goes to > the OFBiz guys for all the work they have done to make this happen. > -- david Have you listened to FeatherCast yet? http://feathercast.org/ Bought the t-shirt? http://www.cafepress.com/feathercast/
