[FM Discuss] questions about place

[adam]

hey

On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 13:57 -0500, Joshua Facemyer wrote:
> I had thought that I had remembered from a previous discussion that 
> booki as a platform (not as a service) was also going to be offered as 
> FLOSS.  If this is the case, the question is how does that goal fit into 
> the rest of the picture?
> 

i dont know if i understand the difference between platform and service?
im sorry, im not trying to be dumb...you mean can it be downloaded and
installed? if so then the answer is yes...it has been like this for some
time although we have (ironically) no install docs but we dont actually
expect anyone to try and install it yet since its still very alpha....

booki-dev.dlossmanuals.net

> As for your explanation, that helps to clarify a lot, and I like the 
> vision.  It makes more sense in perspective.  (You should probably give 
> a fuller perspective at the outset when asking complicated questions ;)
> 


yeah sorry. i realised that too late. problem is that (a) i forget not
everyone has been involved to the same degree as i have with fm and
booki etc so i tend to assume a common shared experience sometimes which
isnt shared, and (b) sometimes i dont have the picture down clear until
it gets written in an email and sent to aco or doug or this list...

apologies...

adam


> JF
> 
> adam wrote:
> > i'm not sure i understand the point...promotion? we have never been good
> > at it, i have to say, but promotion comes down to us telling people
> > about what we do...for example, i do a lot of talking about fm, book
> > sprints, specific manuals, free documentation, free manuals, free
> > culture, free content etc etc etc ...at these i would choose to talk
> > about booki when appropriate and not at other times...im not sure i get
> > the question though...
> >
> >
> > adam
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 10:08 -0600, Janet Swisher wrote:
> >   
> >> I get the reasons for separating FM's publishing aspect from Booki's
> >> content-development aspect. However, Joshua has a point that there is
> >> a third aspect, which is the development and promotion of the booki
> >> software itself. Where does that fit into this picture?
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