Re: [board-discuss] Merged proposal for in-house developers at TDF

Hi Simon,

Simon Phipps píše v Pá 03. 06. 2022 v 09:59 +0100:

> On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 7:51 AM Ilmari Lauhakangas <
> ilmari.lauhakangas@libreoffice.org> wrote:
> > Tendering and in-house development are not interchangeable, but
> > they are 
> > interlinked. Keep in mind that the in-house devs would participate
> > in 
> > running tenders.
>
> Another valuable role for an in-house developer would be to manage a
> more long-term relationship with specialist subcontractors, for
> example a company with expertise in accessibility development. With a
> longer-term expert subcontractor, TDF could then actually develop new
> capabilities rather than simply fix bugs and stand still like AOO. By
> adding to our list of approaches a managed but non-employee longer-
> term relationship with outside firms that is not limited to a single
> task, TDF would be able to both benefit from the flexibility of
> tendering and also gain the benefit of long-term staffing.

Thank you very much, I've added this paragraph as a new Focus area, and
removed your comment that touched this area.

All the best,
Kendy


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