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

[Edward Cherlin]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:58 AM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> 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.'

+1

We don't have our translation process built yet, and there are other
things we need to do.

In the meantime, I am quite happy for anybody to work on what they
like as a volunteer, and I recommend that we go for modest contracts.

> 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.
>>
>> Andy
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