Measuring the growth of LibreOffice developer's base

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Measuring the growth of LibreOffice developer's base

LibreOffice forked the OOo code betting on the growth of the first 20 developers. Thanks to a number of strategic moves, the project managed to attract 80 new developers during the first month, and 3 or more new developers each month for 44 months in a row. How we have measured the growth to motivate additional developers to join the project.

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    Measuring the growth of LibreOffice developer's base Italo Vignoli The

    Document Foundation
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    Our Ten Years Heritage

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    Change of Paradigm

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    Change Curve

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    Growing a Small Developer's Base

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    "The Amazing Easy Hacks"

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    New Code Committers Sep 10 Oct 10 Nov 10 Dec

    10 Jan 11 Feb 11 Mar 11 Apr 11 May 11 Jun 11 Jul 11 Aug 11 Sep 11 Oct 11 Nov 11 Dec 11 Jan 12 Feb 12 Mar 12 Apr 12 May 12 Jun 12 Jul 12 Aug 12 Sep 12 Oct 12 Nov 12 Dec 12 Jan 13 Feb 13 Mar 13 Apr 13 May 13 Jun 13 Jul 13 Aug 13 Sep 13 Ott 13 Nov 13 Dec 13 Jan 14 Feb 14 Mar 14 Apr 14 May 14 Jun 14 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 New Developers per Month at LibreOffice
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    Cumulative Growth of Code Committers Sep 10 Nov 10 Jan

    11 Mar 11 May 11 Jul 11 Sep 11 Nov 11 Jan 12 Mar 12 May 12 Jul 12 Sep 12 Nov 12 Jan 13 Mar 13 May 13 Jul 13 Sep 13 Nov 13 Jan 14 Mar 14 May 14 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Monthly Growth of LibreOffice Developers New Developers Old Developers
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    10 Italo Vignoli Italo Vignoli - The Document Foundation mobile

    +39 348 5653829 - e-mail italo@documentfoundation.org jabber/sip italo@libreoffice.org - jabber/gtalk italo.vignoli@gmail.com