Re: Fwd: [ooo-announce] OpenOffice.org Developer Documentation Bounties

[Mike McCallister <workingwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>]

While I don't know the specifics of how this bounty came about (it's been
awhile since I was on the OOo-Docs mailing list), I think it's more like
realizing you can only get so far with volunteer labor and somebody made a
donation to make this set of docs happen.

Professional developers work on open source projects all the time. I don't
think anyone at the OOo project would object if some company assigned a team
of writers to the documentation project. At the same time, considering the
amount of time I've spent working with OpenOffice.org applications that I
never paid a dime for, a time donation wouldn't seem too much of a burden.

Mike McCallister
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

> Sounds like the open source people finally realized they couldn't get
> professional writers to work for free.
>
>
> --- On *Thu, 6/17/10, Mike McCallister <workingwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Mike McCallister <workingwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Subject: Fwd: [ooo-announce] OpenOffice.org Developer Documentation
> Bounties
> To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 10:24 AM
>
> Sounds like a promising development for those who can write for
> developers...
>
> Mike McCallister
> Now available: "WordPress in Depth" (with Bud Smith)
> Author, "openSUSE Linux Unleashed"
> Notes from the Metaverse: http://metaverse.wordpress.com
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Juergen Schmidt <Juergen -dot- Schmidt -at- sun -dot- com<http://mc/compose?to=Juergen -dot- Schmidt -at- sun -dot- com>
> >
> Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 8:15 AM
> Subject: [ooo-announce] OpenOffice.org Developer Documentation Bounties
> To: announce -at- openoffice -dot- org <http://mc/compose?to=announce -at- openoffice -dot- org>
>
>
> OpenOffice.org Developer Documentation Bounties
>
> The OpenOffice.org Documentation project and the OpenOffice.org Community
> Council are now offering bounties for some specific OpenOffice.org
> Development documentation projects. These bounties will cover tasks from
> collecting and sorting development information and documentation, to
> producing and publishing documentation detailing how you can contribute as
> an OpenOffice.org developer.
>
> For more information on what bounties are available and how you can apply
> for a bounty, please visit
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Bounties
>
>
> Clayton + Juergen
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