Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)

+1
Less words, more work.

El 27/06/11 7:07, Keith Curtis escribió:
> In order to succeed, a mass movement must develop at the earliest
> moment a compact corporate organization and a capacity to integrate
> all comers.
>
> —Eric Hoffer, American philosopher
>
> This discussion is interesting but it reminds me of people
> re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Or, perhaps a better analogy
> is where there are two battleships, one is 30x bigger and the other is
> undermanned. In fact, there is only a skeleton crew so if there is a
> problem in many areas of the ship, there is no one able to fix it.
> Meanwhile, some of the crew are sitting on deck chairs discussing how
> they'd like a better battleship, but they are at sea so it is not
> possible now.
>
> I believe the best way to ensure TDF's success is for you to find a
> crew to fix all of these as fast as possible:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks
>
> Forks often take years to get going because they take years to get a
> large enough of a team. That is a random list, but the sooner you can
> fix those, the sooner you can fix other things including font
> features. Fixing bugs is the way to be able to write features. People
> can work anywhere they want, but that is the front door, and evidence
> you need more. People with expertise already are valuable. It is good
> is that you have people who are able to mentor others. Some forks
> didn't even have that. You need to find enough people so you have
> expertise over every line, which I don't think you have today.
>
> I also hope there is a crew hacking ribbon-like UIs in Python, one
> working on server and web features, etc. If you want to succeed in a
> decade, and you are mostly going to be volunteers, you need many,
> focused on things that improve the product today.
>
> You can keep a positive attitude by remembering there is another
> battleship that is 10x undermanned than you ;-) It says OpenOffice,
> etc. on the side, but that is not the most important consideration.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> -Keith
> http://keithcu.com/


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