Peter Vandenabeele wrote:
On 11/9/06, Adrian Try <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
There is a long list of consultants around the world at
http://bizdev.openoffice.org/consultants.html
At least for the Belgian case, this list is of poor quality.
* some web sites do not even resolve anymore to a working web site
* some companies are not longer operational in Belgium (out of business)
* some web sites do not even have the word OpenOffice on the refered page
* some only have an e-mail address available, while I would prefer a
real web site.
On the other hand, I miss a few names that I know have knowledgeable
people
and deliver services on OO.o.
I had some thoughts on how to improve the quality with a few very
basic criteria
for staying listed on the site:
continuous automated checks:
* the entry must resolve to a web-site (not an e-mail address)
* the web-site must be up (not down longer than 30 days)
* the web-site must at least mention some relevant keyword
{OpenOffice.org|OO.o|OOo|StarOffice|ODF}
(this avoids the "domain for sale" web sites to be counted as
valid web sites)
With these basic checks, dead or irrelevant links are at least basically
purged.
I find it essential that, to increase adaption of OO.o and ODF, the
quality of
also this aspect must be improved. Once the quality of this list is
improved,
also more serious companies will be motivated to post their info on
the list.
The list will become a valuable place to be listed if you are a
serious service
provider in the OO.o space.
HTH,
Peter
Hi Peter,
I totally agree with you. I recently checked out my 'competition' and I
forwarded my findings all to the mailing list responsible for updating
this information. I don't think it had any effect. I think they need
more contributors there.
Cheers,
Jo
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