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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">All,</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Well, based on the discuss list thread about five year direction . . .</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">I think the most important stuff/things are to make it very easy to get into using OpenSource. The easier it is, the more likely it will be tried, if it stays easy, the longer it will be tried.</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">My thoughts would center around building out demos/packages that are plug and play sorts of things, where the users can plug and play their own data easily and see some positive feedback very early on in the "getting acquainted with the software" phase.</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">bobb</font> </p>
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