At the moment they seem to be quite happy with posts that are against the article but i think a post "outing" PCWorld's method of making money might make them unhappy.
There are some excellent comments there already :) Regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Ian Lynch <ianrly...@gmail.com> To: marketing@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 26 January, 2011 14:56:59 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: PC world article On 26 January 2011 14:47, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Perhaps someone could offer to write them another article and ask how much > they > would pay? A more in-depth article about 1 function or 1 of the packages, > such > as focusing on Writer or Calc or something. Or perhaps a simple HowTo > Guide or > something? > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Marc Paré <m...@marcpare.com> > To: marketing@libreoffice.org > Sent: Wed, 26 January, 2011 14:42:13 > Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: PC world article > > Le 2011-01-26 08:26, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : > > Hello, > > > > the coverage of LibreOffice 3.3 is generally good, and the span of the > > coverage (the number of written articles) is excellent. > > > > Anyone , any journalist is entitled to his/her own opinion, but this > > article is somewhat problematic. I usually read these articles and > > their comments carefully. They are often good sources to understand the > > "outside" perception of an OSS project or product. Yet I don't manage > > to find one point that is not sheer and free criticism of LibreOffice > > in this one. > > >http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/217679/libreoffice_33_handson_with_the_free_office_suite.html >l > >l > > My question might be naive so bear on with me: how can we avoid this > > amount of crap ? "it's really only good for Open Source Developers but > > not in real life" That's not journalism that's prejudice. "I miss > > SharePoint"..WTF? > > > > Your comments are welcome (note: I might have taken the issue in a > > completely wrong way). > > > > Best, > > > > I had read, which I just did here, that Italo was going to respond to the > article. We should also not be afraid to respond as users as well. Also > note > that PCWorld Business Centre had given us a favourable mention[1]. So, we > are > making inroads. At the moment, I personally think that personal LibreOffice > user > feedback on these LibreOffice review articles should be promoted on our > lists. > After all, we build it, now its time that we make our voice heard. > > Cheers > > Marc > > [1] > >http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/212578/4_reasons_to_try_libreoffice.html >l > > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to >marketing+h...@libreoffice.org<marketing%2bh...@libreoffice.org> > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to >marketing+h...@libreoffice.org<marketing%2bh...@libreoffice.org> > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > I just made a couple of comments :-) Don't forget PC World makes money from selling MS licenses. It's business model means it makes nothing from promoting open source because this will detract from customers buying software licenses from them. Someone else might like to point this out in a comment. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications The Schools ITQ www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 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. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
