I think Dan meant having 3rd party apps support OpenOffice. Like how quickbooks can import an excel spreadsheet, they should support the ODS format.
Correct me if I'm wrong. On 7/22/05, Graham Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Yurman wrote: > > > Perhaps it has already been mentioned in a previous post, but a key to > > end-user acceptance will be to drive market share and adoption of the > > product as a platform for third-party add-ons by independent > > developers. These activities ideally should proceed hand-in-hand. > > > > It creates synergy between market share and end-user adoption > > especially as users in vertical markets see opportunities to switch to > > free applications in their work areas or industry. > > > > The creation of development kits and organization of forums for > > independent developers to share ideas could facilitate this effort. > > > > > Hi Dan, > I have to disagree. Or at least I think I do. I had to read that three > times to figure out what you were saying. ;) > > However third pary addons do not effect real simple end user > experience. The build in market share in your model has to be driven > from the top down. However it doesn't matter how many third party > add-ons are developed if industry can't find grassroots operators for > the applications. It is simpler for business to put applications in > place that they know they can get operators for. > > While I agree that marketing has to establish brand awareness amongst > the decision makers it is simpler for those decision makers to go for > the established software that is taught at school level, because they > perceive that doing it the other way will result in training costs that > are at present being carried by the training institutions. While this > may not be actually true, it is a perception created by the encumbent's > TCO marketing blitz. As long as the FUD has a small basis in reality; > ie not enough end users trained in using OOo which would mean a > migration cost, then the decision makers will stick with the > status-quo. The old adage that "No-one ever got fired for buying > Microsoft" is a truism that we are up against because the real > perception that MS Operators are what is being supplied by the Education > system. We are in a Chicken and Egg cycle , the training organisations > say that they use MS because that's what industry uses and industry says > we use MS because the TO's are feeding us people who can only use MS > products. We must needs break the cycle, the INGOTs programme is one > way of doing that, by catching the end user before he/she gets on the > merry-go-round. > > Having said all that I'm not decrying the idea of third party add-ons, > they are definitely a required element of the growth of the product but > it is certainly not the huge ingredient that will drive adoption.... > unless of course one of those addons turns out to be the next Killer > app. But that's like hanging everything on winning the lottery. :) > > Cheers > Yo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Adam Moore Community Volunteer OOo blog: AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
