svn commit: r1430403 - in /openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content: index.html why/why_volunteers.mdtext

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Author: robweir
Date: Tue Jan  8 17:45:09 2013
New Revision: 1430403

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1430403&view=rev
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    openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/index.html
    openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_volunteers.mdtext

Modified: openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/index.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/index.html?rev=1430403&r1=1430402&r2=1430403&view=diff
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--- openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/index.html (original)
+++ openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/index.html Tue Jan  8 17:45:09 2013
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@
 
 <div id="news">
 <div class="campaign">
+
+    <h2>Volunteers, not Amateurs</h2>
+    <p><em>8 January 2013:</em>Apache OpenOffice is developed 100% by volunteers.  Apache does not pay for developers, for translators, for QA, for marketing, for UI, for support, etc.  
+    Of course, we're happy to accept <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html">donations to the Apache Software Foundation]</a>, to keep our servers runnings and for 
+    similar ovehead expenses.  But our products are developed entirely by volunteers.
+
+    <p>Some users are intially worried by this statement.  <strong>How can software for free, developed by volunteers, be any good?</strong>   
+    <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_volunteers.html">Read on for an answer...</a></p>
+
     <h2>Apache OpenOffice given two Bossie Awards!</h2>
 
     <p><em>18 September 2012:</em> InfoWorld has awarded Apache OpenOffice two Bossies (Best of Open Source), one for the OpenOffice application, and one for our <a href="http://templates.services.openoffice.org/">templates website</a>.  

Modified: openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_volunteers.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_volunteers.mdtext?rev=1430403&r1=1430402&r2=1430403&view=diff
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--- openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_volunteers.mdtext (original)
+++ openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/why/why_volunteers.mdtext Tue Jan  8 17:45:09 2013
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ and work on the project to keep their sk
 project to stay close to potential customers.   Others are students, studying software engineering or a related field, and participate in our project as a form of electronic 
 internship.  
 
-So our all-volunteer principle is a statement of how we are organized, as a non-profit.  But this is not a statement on the professionalism and talent of our volunteers.  In fact,
-very few corporations would be able to afford the kind of talent that we have, as volunteers, helping with Apache OpenOffice.
+So our all-volunteer principle is a statement of how we are organized, as a non-profit.  We do not pay for developers.  But this is not a statement on the professionalism and 
+talent of our volunteers.  In fact, very few corporations would be able to afford the kind of talent that we have, as volunteers, helping with Apache OpenOffice.
 
 ##Join us!