Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Engaging users: initial results of the survey

Le Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:10:41 +0100,
Italo Vignoli <italo.vignoli@gmail.com> a écrit :

> On 13/11/13 00:45, Pedro wrote:
>
> > Charles-H, if you are reading this: this is one of the reasons it's
> > hard do engage users. At some point they are reminded that they are
> > not developers and therefore secondary in this project...
>
> I disagree. I am not a developer, but I have never been reminded that
> I am of secondary importance for the project. And I do think that
> this is just a biased perception based on the fact that developers
> are not good at communicating, and sometimes they use the wrong words
> (which should not happen, of course). People should not stop in front
> of the words of a developer, if they are really interested in
> contributing.

+1.

Also let's all keep in mind that there are *vast* areas of the project
one can contribute without being a developer.

Best,

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