[FM Discuss] floss manuals support

[Aleksandar Erkalovic]

i liked the idea so much i decided to create group "FLOSS Manuals" on
linkedin :)
so, please join the group. not really expert with this linkedin groups
but i will
figure out how it works!

aco


On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:33 PM, adam <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> hey Ed...thanks for all the good ideas. i am digesting and will think on
> them. any idea to extend fms reach into net space is good so please go
> ahead with what ever idea you think will get our name out there :)
>
> adam
>
>
> On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 12:29 -0400, Edward Cherlin wrote:
>> It would make sense to form a FLOSS Manuals group on LinkedIn, and to
>> get such testimonials posted there. At least 20 of us are members. We
>> could also advertise for gigs.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:22, Micz Flor <micz.flor at sourcefabric.org>
>> wrote:
>>         On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 15:33 +0200, adam hyde wrote:
>>         > So, to do this we need to grow. To grow we need resources.
>>         > To get
>>         > resources we need funders (and work). And to get funders (or
>>         > work) we
>>         > need you.
>>
>>         hi everybody, find enclosed some honest praise. my feeling is
>>         that floss manuals could really benefit from similar letters
>>         by other software maintainers and developers who have their
>>         documentation hosted on your site. if you only get half of the
>>         names to support you, you would have a portfolio that would
>>         really help to open doors. all the best and get some writing
>>         going! micz
>>
>>         --- snip ---
>>
>>         Re: Floss Manuals
>>
>>         Sourcefabric is a software development organisation aiming to
>>         provide quality open source tools for journalism. We are a
>>         not-for-profit organisation, based in Prague with branches in
>>         Berlin and Toronto. After ten years in the field of open
>>         source development, we have recently migrated all our
>>         documentation to Floss Manuals.
>>
>>         Documentation is the first contact with most software. Open
>>         source projects benefit from good documentation, since it can
>>         substitute commercial support. In that sense Floss Manuals is
>>         invaluable to the open source community by providing a
>>         professional, reliable and free documentation tool. What has
>>         become very valuable to us is the integration of the print on
>>         demand playout. Many of our client organisations are in areas
>>         with limited Internet access and benefit from a „solid“,
>>         offline manual in print. I would go as far as to point that to
>>         us, this is one of the strongest features.
>>
>>         Floss Manuals also serves as a platform for open source
>>         projects by providing a central point of entry to the open
>>         source world, bringing together software from all areas such
>>         as audio editing, office tools, CMS, CRM, vector graphics,
>>         etc.
>>
>>         We are now also planning Book Sprints to tackle the issue of
>>         delivering fully fledged documentation shortly after a
>>         software release. Usually, the documentation writing requires
>>         a lot of time and energy. Working with Floss Manuals and
>>         hiring their services for a Book Sprint, within a week of your
>>         release you have a finished manual in the shop (literally).
>>         The first will happen in October and will utilise their new
>>         software Booki which we have been testing and are very excited
>>         about, especially for the extended features regarding version
>>         numbers of software manuals.
>>
>>         We also see the Book Sprints as a way of returning some of the
>>         benefit that Floss Manuals have brought to us. Building a
>>         business model on open source solutions is a tough call and
>>         Floss Manuals at this stage relies on Book Sprints,
>>         commissioned features and grants as a source of income. We
>>         encourage anyone to pick up one of these possibilities to
>>         support Floss Manuals for the great work they are doing - not
>>         only by providing tools and hosting manuals, but also by
>>         strengthening the open source paradigm. In simple words, Floss
>>         Manuals is on the move to become the Sourceforge of the 21st
>>         century. Make sure you have a stake in the movement.
>>
>>         If you have any further questions, please contact me:
>>         micz.flor at sourcefabric.org
>>
>>         Berlin, 20th July 2010
>>
>>         --
>>
>>         Micz Flor
>>         Directory of Communication, Sourcefabric
>>         micz.flor at sourcefabric.org
>>
>>         Sourcefabric
>>         Prinzessinnenstraße 20
>>         10969 Berlin, Germany
>>         DE +49 (0)30 44044999
>>
>>         www.sourcefabric.org
>>         www.twitter.com/Sourcefabric
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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