OpenOffice.org -- My Community

Open Office.org – My Community

Let me tell you about it..
We dance, sing and live on the mailing list
You can also find us on our chat room irc.freenode.org/#openoffice.org
And our wiki... http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/
Our 3 main branches of our community are:
Developers
Community
Localization

Community Developers Marketing Support Localization

Development
The development “Bible” -- The Development Guide
Information site about development http://development.openoffice.org/
Development areas:
File format – XML schema, filters and translators
OOo Extensions – Macros, Add-ins, Components, language bridges
OOo suite – Bugs, Features, infrastructure, word processing, spreadsheets, database, chart, porting etc
Development preferred language: C#, C++, Java, Python and OOoBasic

There could only be UNO C++ Java Python Basic C# TCL Perl

Development Projects
API
UDK
XML
QA
Tools
Porting
Graphics
GSL
SW / SC / DBA
Extensions
UCB
Specs

What does Marketing do?
Communicators, communicate information across the different groups.
Unify the community under one central image
Launch dynamic campaigns
Contact traditional media as well as inform the external public
Coordinate activities like OooConference
Launch incubator projects for specific markets (school, libraries, etc)
Announce new OOo releases

Marketing initiatives
Art projects, contribute with your artistic skills
Web development make OOo website more attractive
OpenOffice.org in Business, share success stories
Native-Language confederation 'we speak your language'
Press Room, let everyone know what we think
Contact an OOo expert

More than just code...
Artistic (graphic) skills
Web design/development skills
Marketing skills (brand awareness, positioning campaigns )
C ommunication skills, translate our ideas for other project communities
Translation skills
Event promoter
Monetary donations

Localization
Translate documentation
Translate the OOo suite
Peer review the quality of the localization
Implement a new localization of OOo
Native-Lang OOo compilation

Native-Language
The native language is composed of those projects working on all aspects related to the localization and support of OpenOffice.org.
OpenOffice.org currently a number languages and counting, NLC is a project dedicated to coordinate this projects and help as a place where corporate and community members join forces for translating the suite.

Documentation
Good documentation is a great resource to have yet is hard to achieve
OOoAuthors.org started as an official documentation project
OooAuthors gets translated to 8 core languages
OpenOffice.org Wiki, where documentation comes alive

Support
Most of the support is handled on the mailing list whenever you want to develop or use openoffice.org
Getting your comments to the right mailing list is criticla
Please look for the project listings to get to the right one ofr example if you have a calc question [email_address] might be the right one
OooForums.org is another great resources on using OOo

Tips on Support
Please be patient
Ask intelligent questions
Browse for a possible answer BEFORE asking
Keep in mind, OOo is NOT a MS Office please dont treat it like it was
File your bugs, please be explicit

Get to know us

OOo community Lead Louis Suarez Potts Community Development Manager for OOo email: louispo@mac.com http://homepage.mac.com/luispo/docs/index.html

Marketing Leads Cristhian Driga Marketing CoLead Romanian Native-Lang Lead [email_address] http://cdriga.kfacts.com/about John McCreesh Marketing CoLead [email_address] http://www.mealldubh.org/

Native Lang Charles-H Schulz Native-Lang Lead [email_address] http://www.libervis.com/blogs/5/charles

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OpenOffice.org -- My Community

by Alexandro Colorado on Dec 16, 2006

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