Karoly, That's the text you should read about our marketing strategy. Not because I wrote it (it's only the report of a meeting and decisions) but because you'll find many questions answered there about where we go and how we work. Also, we do have marketing conference calls on a monthly basis (at least we try):
http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2012/10/21/marketing-workshop-2012/ Best, Charles. On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:28:05 +0100 Károly Papp <pkarol...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have to argue with Charles. > > Although I am a new subscriber on this list (a great team so far :) > ), I have a different point of view. > LO has to compete with MSO on a feature by feature basis, since > people who are using MSO now could turn their eyes on LO. And what > will they ask? "Can it do it?" And if there is something that you > can't do, they won't make the change. And that will be a nail to Free > Software's coffin. > > On the other hand I completely accept Charles's point of view about > "featureset + support + availability + community + FOSS + contributing > ability". THAT is the advantage that matters. But that is the thing > that doesn't (yet) fully works. I can't easily find any promotional > stuff, and that hurts pretty much. And no educational material. Try > it. Google for "learn microsoft office" and next google for "learn > libreoffice". See the diference? > > And no, we won't see MSO on Linux. :) > K > > > 2013/2/12 Charles-H. Schulz <charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org> > > > Hello, > > > > > > timofonic timofonic <timofo...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > > >Hello. > > > > > >As some of you probably know, there are rumours about Microsoft > > >porting Microsoft Office to Linux. While this may not happen, > > >there's the possibility this can someday happen. > > > > > >What about if it happens? What are the advantages of LibreOffice vs > > >Microsoft Office? Despite being Free Software and at no cost > > >(that's relative, you would still require some customer support > > >too), I wonder about the rest of advantages LibreOffice have and > > >if the weak points are relevant to certain organizations (NGOs, > > >companies, government institutions...). > > > > > > > You know, Libreoffice is already competing on the same terms on > > Windows. In general, trying to find out what specific product value > > might be differentiating might not be too helpful. We are not > > competing on a feature by feature basis, but rather on a community > > and global value, something like featureset+ support+ availability > > + community + FOSS + contributing ability. All this put together is > > a bit difficult to express in marketing terms, aside by using and > > promoting our community, hence our decision not to do traditional > > marketing. > > > > But on MSOffice on linux I wouldn't be too worried :-) > > > > Best, > > Charles. > > > > -- > > Envoyé de mon téléphone avec Kaiten Mail. Excusez la brièveté. > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > > marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: > > http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages > > sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- Charles-H. Schulz Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
