Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Recruitment for Base (Was Re: [steering-discuss] Base - a new mailing list?)

On 09/13/2011 04:50 PM, Cor Nouws wrote:
> Hi David, all,
>
> David Nelson wrote (13-09-11 09:05)
>
> > As a general thing in the LibreOffice project, I think we need to
> > think seriously about a determined recruitment drive, for Base and for
> > various other areas of the project. Just waiting for people to
> > volunteer does not seem to be enough to cater to our needs for
> > contributors.
> >
> > Marketing guys, can you give this consideration?
>
> Looks a good idea to me.
>
> The goal is to make it attractive for developers, isn't it?
> Of course those people are not attracted by a just mail base list for 
> their own. They can be attracted when the work is considered cool, 
> technology wise interesting, some area they user for themselves, maybe 
> important. At least, that is my first thought.
> So we should think about bringing that message across.
> Correct?
>
> Cheers,
If we had more documentation for and people who really knows Base, it 
would be easier to "sell" LO to some businesses.  I know a user that I 
had to add Office 2003 to his system since that was a deal breaker.  He 
has all of the books and modeling work in data base formats and cannot 
"live" without Access.  He created those DBs with MSO 97 and did not 
upgrade to MSO 2003 until he switched computers and could not find the 
install CD for '97.  So unless LO can easily use Access files and 
reports and forms he created over the years, he will not go to LO, even 
thought he likes the idea behind LO and FOSS.

So we really need to get more people to learn Base and ways for other to 
easily learn how to use it.

Any ideas that helps that goal is greatly needed for my group of 
business users that need databases in their small businesses.  That is 
the onlly real thing stopping them from switching over completely.



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