On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 06:33 -0400, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > MS is continuing to step up activities of BSA around the world, both in > places like Sweden and Pakistan: > http://jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2006-daily/18-04-2006/business/b11.htm > > What kind of ways can we ride on this and use it to promote > OpenOffice.org? > > Presumably in places like Sweden MS is going after businesses and private > persons who have chosen to stay with Office 97 or Windows NT rather than > coughing up for the lastest and most expensive. They'll be easy marks for > MS because of the combination of almost impossible to meet requirements > the BSA has for proof of valid sw licenses and the long time elapsed since > the purchases.
Marketing campaign - "If you can't prove your office license is legal, upgrade to OpenOffice.org right now" "Why wait for the knock on the door? - upgrade to Openoffice.org and get peace of mind straight away" > However, I can't help but think there is some way we can ride on this and > exploit it to our advantage, especially if combining forces with outher > groups. Ubuntu comes to mind as one. -- Ian Lynch www.theINGOTs.org www.opendocumentfellowship.org www.schoolforge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
