On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 18:12 -0500, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > >> Also the need of more non profit entities in countries so that > >> openoffice.org scale to large deployments. basically we are finding that > >> OOo vendors hav e a hard time justifiying the product and the brand. > > > > Not sure why not for profits will do that any better than profit making > > companies. Basically a not for profit still needs a revenue source to > > cover operating costs. It needs business models that are not based on > > selling software licenses. I did some training yesterday not > > specifically related to OOo but OOo went down very well with the > > teachers involved when I showed them how to get it and why it would be > > useful to them. I get paid for doing that training so its sustainable. > > Hi Ian, you miss the point here, the problem is not being a for profit or > not for profit. What the governments need is a legal entity of > OpenOffice.org.
That makes more sense. > The companies that offer the services will use > OpenOffice.org and generate a profit, but the actual OpenOffice.org 'name > holder' should be legally stablish in the country. Needs a foundation in each country then. I'm not holding my breath :-) In fact a company that is stable offering to support it is probably good enough. Moodle seems OK in this respect and has 50% foorhold in the UK FE market. In fact i expect it to sweep theough the secondary sector too. > > I can't see any economic reason for a system builder installing MS Works > > on a computer instead of OOo unless M$ is actually paying them to do > > it. > > Legally a lot of things apartently doesn't make sense until you get > contracts in the mix. For example the OOXML was a clear example when OOo > members legally couldn't represent OOo because legally OOo doesn't exist > like Microsoft does. So how come Dell can put Ubuntu (with OOo in its machines and Lenovo is considering doing it for laptops?) Canonical - so as long as you have some stable company pulling things together it doesn't seem too important how the individual products are backed. Ian -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
