Please help us spread the word on Roundcube Next

Volker Dormeyer volker at ixolution.de
Mon Jun 8 08:56:42 UTC 2015


Hello Georg,

Just provided a little contribution, as I also see the need and
importance of
this project. However, I don't like the campaign platform which was choosen.
Payment is exclusively in the hand of Paypal, which I try to avoid. However,
it is done now.

Best Regards,
Volker

On 06/06/2015 12:13 PM, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> In the spirit of full disclosure, let me start by pointing out that I am CEO 
> and - along with other employees, some of whom you will also know - 
> shareholder of Kolab Systems AG (https://kolabsystems.com) and that Kolab 
> Systems has been the driving force behind Roundcube for the past years.
>
> Kolab Systems has also agreed to help the Roundcube Next team in its aim to 
> refactor and build the next technology generation. 
>
> So I am not neutral.
>
> That said, I genuinely believe it is extremely important for the Free Software 
> community to get behind Roundcube Next and help us push it forward, as
> well as bring others on board with it.
>
> The longer story is here: http://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=676
>
> TL;DR, Part I: As a community we *require* technologies that compete with 
> Google Apps, Office 365 and the likes in features, convenience, UI/UX, yet 
> provide full control and freedom to users. 
>
> TL;DR, Part II: Application Service Providers should get on board with that 
> push *right now* because otherwise they will find themselves forced into
> becoming re-sellers for Office 365 and Google Apps -- and increasingly
> unable to compete with their features & networking effects.
>
> Some already understood this, and have joined the Roundcube Next community, 
> such as cPanel (http://blog.cpanel.com/on-to-the-next/), Tucows, and now also
> Fastmail (http://blog.fastmail.com/2015/06/05/fastmail-supports-roundcube-next-development/). 
>
> But there are many more providers using Roundcube today who have not joined, 
> nor have they contributed in the past. For them it should be obvious to join.
>
> And then there are those that have their own home-brew interfaces (such as 
> Fastmail) who get the unique opportunity to become part of a new, growing
> community that will create a technology that will make them fully competitive
> against the "big clouds" in 18 months from now.
>
> Unfortunately, most of them have not realized this yet.
>
> So unless your provider is cPanel, Tucows, Fastmail or Kolab Now, all of who 
> are part of this already, please encourage them to step up and join the
> community to push for Roundcube Next.
>
> Direct link for your convenience:
>
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/roundcube-next--2/x/4658765#/story
>
> Best regards,
> Georg
>
>
>
>
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