Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice and "digital sustainability"

There is also the subject of project sustainability, which has been 
discussed within the marketing plan. On this topic there is a slide deck 
on Nextcloud, which I have already used for some FOSS events (including 
esLibre a few hours ago).

On 6/25/21 3:12 PM, Mike Saunders wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> A couple of weeks ago, I had an interesting discussion with someone
> doing research in the field of "digital sustainability". This is quite a
> broad topic and there are many aspects to it, but it made me think about
> how LibreOffice fits into all this.
>
> Here are some things he mentioned that make up "digital sustainability",
> and my thoughts about LibreOffice:
>
> 1) Environmental -- Obviously, we don't ship physical products (apart
> from merchandise) so we don't have a direct CO2 impact. But our software
> uses electricity, of course, and with an estimated 200M+ users around
> the world, more efficient software is better for power consumption.
>
> 2) Technical -- How sustainable is LibreOffice from a technical
> viewpoint? As it's free and open source software, that's a major
> advantage, in that anyone can continue work on it. But other aspects
> belong to "technical sustainability" -- documentation, security,
> scalability etc.
>
> 3) Social -- These aspects cover the sustainability of the community
> around LibreOffice, and the userbase. We know that many native language
> projects work really well, independently, without needing lots of
> support from TDF (although we're always happy to provide it). But are we
> reaching out to enough people? Who should we be reaching out to?
>
> Those are just my thoughts on some of these topics, and it'd be
> interesting to hear others. Maybe there are other things that fall under
> "sustainability" in relation to LibreOffice that I haven't listed here.
>
> If we identify things we're doing right, and areas where we can do more,
> this can be good for general promotion and advocacy of LibreOffice. Not
> in the "look how great we are" sense -- but as a way to get more people
> on board, and make them feel like they're contributing to something
> beyond "just an office suite".
>
> Let me know what you think!
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