2009/8/3 Steven Shelton <ste...@twilightmd.com>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > MÁTÉ Gergely wrote: >> By the way I think that teaching people to save files in restricted >> formats is a bad thing in terms of marketing, as it virally markets >> those formats. > > > True, but . . . I routinely share motions, briefs, and other legal > documents with other attorneys. Most of them have never heard of OOo,
Which is where marketing bits comes in. > although the number that have is growing, thanks to myself, a couple > of other "evangelist" attorneys in the state, and a few folks at our > state appellate defender office who have recommended it at seminars. Most people in OOo have that dilema, should I send ODF to my grandma? Most people settle by sending in both formats. ODF and PDF. If lawyers need to edit, then ODF and traditional doc, and basically reject docx. > Frankly, a lot of them are still running whichever version of MS > Office came out in 1998 or 2000 (I get lost in which version is which) which is good because you dont need to deal with OXML. > and they have no incentive to change. But if I send any of them an ODF > file, they'll have no idea what to do with it. Therefore, I routinely > save things in .doc format for them. (Our internal files are all saved > in ODF, but . . .) > > It's all about knowing your audience. > > - -- > Steven Shelton > Twilight Media & Design, LLC > 17195 Silver Parkway > #134 > Fenton, MI 48430 > www.TwilightMD.com > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFKdwGxKP0FWmSVanERAoa5AKCI1aWGBKcJLvL/TgGFyeSm60S2KgCeNeDP > ojOj5/keilagg6IvW/oP2xI= > =vXnu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: j...@jabber.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
