On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 11:36 -0400, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > Hi All, > > Sorry for the cross post; please respond on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > lang.openoffice.org. > > > I would like to propose that we compile a single repository for all > material related to migrating to OpenOffice.org from MS Office. Right > now, we have lots of great stuff but it's all over the place and in > many languages. > > My proposal: > > * Create a wiki that cites all the material. > > Thus, material in Spanish, on the ES project, could be listed here, > as could French, German and Brazilian Portuguese material; English > too. (Note: listed, not placed here: URLS should be fine, though > ideally they should point to static HTML pages, not to files in Docs/ > Files sections or IZ.)
You mean like the dropdown list on http://documentation.openoffice.org/ for docs in languages other than English? Why duplicate? The support page would seem to be a better target. > > * Include (among other things): > > * Comparative matrices (like what Matthew Bennet did) I have noticed that sometimes there are licensing problems with many documents which precludes them from being made easily available. Are we loosening the license requirements? > * White papers (analyses, case studies, etc.) That would be nice but aren't these part of marketing? > * User Guides (Documentation) Already covered in the Project http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > * Support (list support.openoffice.org) Already a page, http://support.openoffice.org/index.html > * Clip art, templates, etc. > > These can be in the language of their creation; we can state as much > on the wiki and also urge that they be translated to English, if need > be. I am having difficultly wrapping my head around this. Please explain why the NLCs are not sufficient. > > I think this is an urgent issue. I am weekly, if not more often, > asked for material of this nature. Obviously, coordinating all this > and presenting it in a useful fashion has commercial potential. This > page would not really compete with such efforts; it would only list > what the community has done freely and what is available. It would > not tie it all together, nor would it speak to consulting, etc., > though we can also refer to the consultants page. > Then shouldn't this info be available on at least the support page? Using the wiki for this seems a bit of fragmentation that really isn't needed. I would rather use the wiki for developing documents. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
