[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Not so flattering article of TDF

Le 2010-11-22 05:31, Roberto Galoppini a écrit :
> Marc Paré<marc<at>  marcpare.com>  writes:
>
> > Le 2010-11-18 05:48, Italo Vignoli a écrit :
> > > Marc Paré wrote:
> > > > Just so that we (the marketing team) be aware of such articles. Here
> > > > it is:
> > > > http://robertogaloppini.net/2010/11/02/the-unsaid-document-
> foundation/#more-2440
> > > > Not really looking for any comments.
> > >
> > > I am more than aware, he is a member of the Italian community with a
> > > very negative approach for a simple reason: he has built his business
> > > model on the assumption that free software needs a corporate
> > > sponsorship, because he is consulting to corporations sponsoring free
> > > software projects.
>
> This is both false and inaccurate.
>
> It is false because my approach is not negative, rather constructive. I have
> been raising a number of issues, and some of them have been positively
> considered by Michael Meeks, as seen in his replies
> (http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2010-11-02.html). We still have very
> different views on some topics, like copyright ownership, and I keep offering a
> different perspective bringing factual evidences
> (http://robertogaloppini.net/2010/11/19/open-source-communities-control-
> community-report-the-451-group/).
>
> It is innaccurate and unfounded, because my consultancy services around open
> source projects rate higher projects backed by communities, and even higher
> those backed by foundations. And then the idea that my job is to work for
> "corporations sponsoring free software projects" is naïve, considering how
> rarely it happens I could starve myself if it was half true!:)
>
>
> > > If TDF succeeds in demonstrating that there might be a different
> > > approach, his business model (or part of his business model) is gone.
>
> On the contrary if the TDF would succeed, this would prove again that a
> significant part of the metrics I use to evaluate projects (ranging from the
> community size and management style to the level of openness in project's
> governance) are of help to assess projects' sustainability.
>
> > Thanks for the info.
>
> I hope it helps.
>
> Roberto
>
> > Marc
Thanks for the info as well Roberto.

Marc


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