Fwd: Open Source - Enterprise Consumer Participation -- request for Article



Donald Smith is asking me for an article about issues that consumers face when contributing to open source software. I think it would be interesting to write about how GNOME users contribute from open source software. Everything from people using it as their desktop in their home to consumers of GNOME mobile to consumers of products like Supersonic Imagine.

Anyone interested in working on this? You can have full authorship :) or I'd be happy to co-author with folks.

We could also post the article to other places like GNOME Journal and blogs.

Stormy

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Donald Smith <donald smith eclipse org>
Date: Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:12 AM
Subject: Open Source - Enterprise Consumer Participation -- request for Article
To: stormy gnome org


Stormy,

 

I am the guest editor for a special issue on "Enterprise Consumer Participation" of the Open Source Business Resource (www.OSBR.ca).  OSBR has become a very well read and respected resource in the business community and has a fantastic track record of publishing great articles for the past couple years.  Doug Levin, Mike Milinkovich, Russ Nelson, Cliff Schmidt and YOU are some examples of recent OSBR authors.  Contributions have come from organizations like FreeBSD, Mozilla, EA Mobile, Intel and many others.

 

I would like to invite you (or someone you trust and could designate) to contribute an article to the January 2009 issue of the OSBR.ca.  I would be open to your ideas for content, but I think it would be fantastic to have you reprise your October 2007 article but from a pure software Consumer perspective – I.e., what are the issues that Consumers (non ISV's) face when contributing to software?

 

The length of the article needs to be more than 1,500 words and less than 3,000 words. Author guidelines are available here:

http://www.osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/about/submissions#authorGuidelines  

 

The first draft is due by December 17th.  Please let me know ASAP if you are able to contribute or have any questions.

 

The editor of the OSBR.ca is Ms. Dru Lavigne (dru osbr ca).  She will ensure that your article is a great article should you choose to contribute.

 

-          Don

 

Donald Smith

Director of Ecosystem Development

Eclipse Foundation, Inc.

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