[FM Discuss] How will FLOSS Manuals expand? WAS: Are we ready to expand?

[David Farning]

At the risk of sounding like a old curmudgeon....

I would be careful about swinging for the fence too soon.  Chris,
Mozilla Corp, and Mozilla.org have be at this a while and have learned
what works and what doesn't work for their product, community, and
user base.

I would recommend working on the basics of 'Consistency, Credibility,
and Commitment.'

Too many companies and project go broke chasing the 'big one',  before
they know what the 'big one' is.

david

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Andy Oram <andyo at oreilly.com> wrote:
> These are really interesting insights, Chris, and I'd like to pick up the idea of a "blockbuster book." Unfortunately, I think we touch many different communities that see different topics as potential blockbusters. For a politically alert community, the book about bypassing censorship could be a historical milestone. On the other hand, many people in developing regions (but perhaps not people who can afford to give a lot of money) are impressed that FM does OLPC and Sugar manuals.
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