On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 13:32 +1300, Graham wrote: > Hi Louis, > > Frankly I think we're going about this the wrong way. > > What the project needs to do is to come up with a campaign. Costs, targets, > goals and methodologies and then present that to all the corporate partners > for a contribution to a war chest. > > The positive that came out of this debacle is at least we know now that there > is a marketing budget to be had. > > I have always believed that the strength of OOo is in it's mix between > community and corporate. We need to leverage that strength. At the moment > we're not, the community gets dragged around like the baby of the > family: "Sit in the back seat, shutup and don't annoy the adults cos we > know best." > > We need to be more proactive
I don't think you will solve these issues until there is an OOo foundation independent of particular companies. 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]
