[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Templating Teams

Le 2010-11-07 05:02, Andrea Pescetti a écrit :
> On 04/11/2010 Marc Paré wrote:
> > Le 2010-11-03 17:42, Andy Brown a écrit :
> > > Start here http://templates.services.openoffice.org/ same place for OOo
> > > and LibO. There is a link there back to the Extensions repository.
> > Thanks. The obvious question is ... are we going to brand a page and
> > have our own repository? I imagine this is yes.
>
> If the answer is yes, then you need much more than just web space for
> rebuilding the Templates infrastructure. Just try uploading a template
> on http://templates.services.openoffice.org/ if you don't get what I
> mean.
>
> This will apply to a lot of the infrastructure: if LibreOffice wants to
> have its own infrastructure for everything (including parts where there
> is 100% compatibility with OpenOffice.org, like Templates and
> Extensions) it will have the same complexity of the OpenOffice.org
> infrastructure, plus the cost of initial import of existing material,
> plus the cost of periodic synchronization from the OpenOffice.org
> repository. This is a heavy technical burden that should be evaluated
> before deciding on a separate repository.
>
> Regards,
>    Andrea.

Thanks Andrea.

Good point. I guess it is a case of whether TDF/LibO is going to declare 
itself as an independent organization where all of the services come 
under its own umbrella or if it declares itself as an independent 
organization where some of its services (in this case templating 
offerings) are offered cooperatively with other organizations such as OOo.

I believe we can do both. It is just a matter of deciding in which 
direction we should go.

If we are to offer templates as part of our web service, then yes, the 
infrastructure is a little complex, but is still with the capabilities 
of our membership and (hopefully) resources (disk space). The template 
repository would then become part of the marketing strategy of the 
TDF/LibO where it could be touted as one of the clear benefits of owning 
the LibO suite.

If we are to offer these services in a cooperative way, the perhaps a 
better way of offering these services would be to establish another 
organisation under the TDF where the templates are reposited and where 
they are put at the disposal of other suites should they decide to adopt 
the template formats into their code. Perhaps at TDF/TemplateRepository 
organization managed by the TDF. This way, the templates would be 
handled by a non-profit foundation rather than a for-profit enterprise. 
The template repository would then become part of the marketing strategy 
of the TDF/LibO organisation where it would claim cooperation between 
open sourced ODF-centric office suites.

Depending on repositories controlled by Oracle may be, in part, a little 
problematic, as it may at some point decide that the template repository 
should no longer be made available to the general public and  somehow 
made part of it marketing strategy of the OOo Office suite.

How would this sound?

Marc


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