[marketing] Download Charts not working for more than a week I think

2010-05-12 Thread goldfish

Hi OpenOffice well wishers,

I think the download Charts are not working for more than a week.

If this webpage is to be believed then it means that from May 03, 2010 
to May 11, 2010 there are less than 50,000 downloads a day. That's hard 
to believe because the downloads are usually much more than 150,000 a 
day.


Please can someone let me know if this drop in downloads as shown by 
the website is correct. If it is correct, why is there such an alarming 
drop? Have our enemies breached our defenses?!? ;)


Here is the web link:

http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer.html

Please help.

Appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Paul




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Re: [marketing] OOo Marketing Stuffs for a local events here Togo (West Africa) [moved from ooocon-discuss]

2010-05-12 Thread Sophie

Hi Nahmsath,
Nahmsath YABOURI wrote:

Sorry for this disturbance i may have caused here.

I thought we were on d...@marketing.openoffice.org.

I will advice accordingly next time.


You're really welcome, you have done what is right to do and 
Jean-Baptiste Faure, lead of the FR project, is taking care of you now. 
It's the good way to do, don't be afraid.


Kind regards,
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Re: [marketing] start to launch the OpenOffice.org Internship

2010-05-12 Thread Florian Effenberger

Hi Cor,

Cor Nouws wrote on 2010-05-11 00.20:


Some time ago, on this list the first discussions started about the
OpenOffice.org Bug bounty program, finally resulting in the set up of a
new internship program.

With the decision of the community council on the budget, the programme
is ready to be launched.


thanks a lot for your engagement and for pushing this forward!


All info on the programme is on this wiki:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Internship

Ideas we already had to promote this, are gathered here:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Marketing/OOoInternship#Marketing

What do you think, do we need a pr for maybe next monday?
What about the other items?


Next week, we expect OOo 3.2.1 to arrive, so I propose to:

- either combine both PRs
- or wait with the internship PR for the week after next week

so we are in the news continously. ;-) I have a slight preference for 
option #2, but am open to both.


Florian

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Re: [marketing] start to launch the OpenOffice.org Internship

2010-05-12 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Florian,

(not from my regular OOo-mailaddress, so probably not on the list)

 Hi Cor,
 What do you think, do we need a pr for maybe next monday?
 What about the other items?

 Next week, we expect OOo 3.2.1 to arrive, so I propose to:

 - either combine both PRs
 - or wait with the internship PR for the week after next week

 so we are in the news continously. ;-) I have a slight preference for
 option #2, but am open to both.

We are already far too late with the internship.
And 3.2.1 is due the 20th, Thursday.
So a pr on the 17th, Monday, should be possible?
Also there is not the same target-public, for both pr's, which may help.

Regards,
Cor


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Re: [marketing] Download Charts not working for more than a week I think

2010-05-12 Thread Bernd Eilers


Hi Paul,

recently the Directory and Filename Scheme for OpenOffice.org downloads 
changed. Maybe whatever generates those statistics was not adapted to 
the the scheme or is not able to handle both the old and the new schema 
for older downloads and newer versions.


See here for details:

http://development.openoffice.org/releases/filenames.html

Kind regards,
Bernd Eilers


goldf...@aol.in wrote:

Hi OpenOffice well wishers,

I think the download Charts are not working for more than a week.

If this webpage is to be believed then it means that from May 03, 2010 
to May 11, 2010 there are less than 50,000 downloads a day. That's hard 
to believe because the downloads are usually much more than 150,000 a day.


Please can someone let me know if this drop in downloads as shown by the 
website is correct. If it is correct, why is there such an alarming 
drop? Have our enemies breached our defenses?!? ;)


Here is the web link:

http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer.html

Please help.

Appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Paul



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[marketing] marketing conference call in May

2010-05-12 Thread Florian Effenberger

Hello,

it's already mid of May, so it's time to find the date for our monthly 
conference call. Unfortunately, I'm rather busy these days, so I only 
found two dates that would work for me. A Doodle poll is available at


http://www.doodle.com/zdzs42mekdp5e8qd

and I invite all of you to participate. Should these two dates be 
inconvenient for you, we can move the call to June.


Hope it works nontheless :-)

Florian

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[marketing] Re: [webmasters] Re: [marketing] Download Charts not working for more than a week I think

2010-05-12 Thread Joost Andrae

Hi,

it has a different reason. The loadbalancer was offline for some days 
and it was switched to a load balancing mirror server. I hope to get 
statistical data transferred back from the mirror to the main 
loadbalancer so we get the missing data.


Kind regards, Joost

Bernd Eilers schrieb:


Hi Paul,

recently the Directory and Filename Scheme for OpenOffice.org downloads 
changed. Maybe whatever generates those statistics was not adapted to 
the the scheme or is not able to handle both the old and the new schema 
for older downloads and newer versions.


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Re: [marketing] start to launch the OpenOffice.org Internship

2010-05-12 Thread Luiz
Hi,

 Some time ago, on this list the first discussions started about the
 OpenOffice.org Bug bounty program, finally resulting in the set up of a
 new internship program.

 With the decision of the community council on the budget, the programme
 is ready to be launched.

 thanks a lot for your engagement and for pushing this forward!

 All info on the programme is on this wiki:
 http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Internship

 Ideas we already had to promote this, are gathered here:
 http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Marketing/OOoInternship#Marketing


 What do you think, do we need a pr for maybe next monday?
 What about the other items?

 Next week, we expect OOo 3.2.1 to arrive, so I propose to:

 - either combine both PRs
 - or wait with the internship PR for the week after next week

 so we are in the news continously. ;-) I have a slight preference for
 option #2, but am open to both.


Hi, I'm Brazilian community of OpenOffice.org and have been following
this forum lately. My opinion on the matter is that we have a PR for
each subject.


Luiz Oliveira

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Re: [marketing] Re: [webmasters] Re: [marketing] Download Charts not working for more than a week I think

2010-05-12 Thread goldfish

Hi Bernd and Joost,

Good to know that we will get the the missing data soon.

It is good to see the actual download numbers as it makes me happy that 
so many people benefit for free from this wonderful software program.


Joost, could we please have download statistics on a graphical map like 
Firefox? Their webpage is:


http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/stats/

Thanks,

Best regards,
Paul

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Sent: Wed, 12 May 2010 3:42 pm
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not working for more than a  week   I think



Hi, 
 
it has a different reason. The loadbalancer was offline for some days 
and it was switched to a load balancing mirror server. I hope to get 
statistical data transferred back from the mirror to the main 
loadbalancer so we get the missing data. 

 
Kind regards, Joost 
 
Bernd Eilers schrieb: 

 Hi Paul, 
 recently the Directory and Filename Scheme for OpenOffice.org 
downloads  changed. Maybe whatever generates those statistics was not 
adapted to  the the scheme or is not able to handle both the old and 
the new schema  for older downloads and newer versions. 

 
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Re: [marketing] start to launch the OpenOffice.org Internship

2010-05-12 Thread Florian Effenberger

Hi Cor,

Cor Nouws wrote on 2010-05-12 11.47:


(not from my regular OOo-mailaddress, so probably not on the list)


moderated it through. ;-)


We are already far too late with the internship.
And 3.2.1 is due the 20th, Thursday.
So a pr on the 17th, Monday, should be possible?


Basically, yes. Can you draft something? I'm quite busy this weekend, so 
any help would be appreciated... ;)


Florian

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Re: [marketing] OpenOffice is dead

2010-05-12 Thread Ian
On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 22:00 +0200, Gianvittorio wrote:

   For users who don’t need Office, it’s a rare occasion that
 Google  Docs doesn’t suffice. 

I use Google's spreadsheet a lot but the WP hardly at all. I'm just as
likely to put work in a Drupal page. If it needs printing I use OOo
writer. If I need to open .docs sent to me I use OOo Writer. Powerpoint
attachments? Impress.

  And yet for those who need Office,
 it’s rare that  they’re happy with OpenOffice.

Except if you run Linux and aren't wanting to pay for cross over office
or something. I'm not a very heavy user of OOo - I am currently editing
a 120 page manual in Writer though and I'm happy enough with that.

   Where does that
 leave OO.org?  Our  district is fairly rural and there are still
 plenty of homes with only  dial-up or without Internet access
 entirely.  For these families,  OpenOffice is a great choice since
 they rarely have access to academic  pricing on Office and can’t get
 online to access Apps.  As reasonable  access to the Internet becomes
 ubiquitous, though, Google Docs or Office  Web Apps (even via
 Facebook) will meet the majority of student and  teacher productivity
 needs. 
 
   Am I wrong? Am I so dazzled by the pretty lights in Office that
 I’ve  lost sight of the value of OpenOffice? 

Probably. Since 100 million downloads have occurred its unlikely that
you are universally reflecting what many people think - at least enough
to keep OOo going for a while. In the longer term probably the web as
the platform is right but Google's WP and presentation software have
some way to go. The spreadsheet I think is by far the best of those
apps. 

  I don’t think I am. 
 The  majority of the time, the students and staff I support tend to
 make use  of Google Docs.  Same for me.  On my Linux machines, it’s
 rare that I’ll  fire up OpenOffice, despite it being a solid choice
 for desktop  productivity.  That’s what the Internet is for, right?

It's what the internet will do more and more so OOo needs a stratey to
get there or eventually it will become irrelevant but not for a few
years yet. 

 Because in  addition to Google Apps, there is Zoho and Office Web
 Apps, all of which  work quite well. 
 
 I just don’t see much of a place in mainstream education for 
 OpenOffice anymore.  Pre-loaded on laptops and netbooks in developing 
 countries where Internet access is unreliable or non-existent? You
 bet.  But why use OpenOffice when most of your users can work quite
 well with  Apps and licensing costs for Office are low for the small
 number of  users who need a full-blown desktop suite?

One reason is because MS Office doesn't run on Linux. Another is because
what is a small license fee in the West is a years earnings in some
places in Africa.

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Re: [marketing] OpenOffice is dead

2010-05-12 Thread Cor Nouws

Gianvittorio wrote (12-05-10 22:00)


For users who don’t need Office, it’s a rare occasion that
Google  Docs doesn’t suffice.  And yet for those who need Office,
it’s rare that  they’re happy with OpenOffice.  Where does that
leave OO.org?  


That is opposite to my experience: it is rare that people are not happy 
with OpenOffice.org.
Well, sometimes they need to learn to appreciate, but that is what comes 
with a change.


Best regards,
Cor

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Re: Re: [marketing] OpenOffice is dead

2010-05-12 Thread Gianvittorio
 ... and I agree with all of you ... now the question is: should we
tell the journalist as well? or should we ignore the journalist? or
put out an official response or a private one? 
 I just don't think we should discuss amongst us, but involve also
the ones who have lived far too long in a closed world and can't
imagine an open one...
 On Wed 12/05/10 22:22 , Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl sent:
 Gianvittorio wrote (12-05-10 22:00)
   For users who don’t need Office, it’s a rare occasion that
  Google  Docs doesn’t suffice.  And yet for those who need
Office,
  it’s rare that  they’re happy with OpenOffice.  Where does
that
  leave OO.org?  
 That is opposite to my experience: it is rare that people are not
happy 
 with OpenOffice.org.
 Well, sometimes they need to learn to appreciate, but that is what
comes 
 with a change.
 Best regards,
 Cor
 -- 
Your office 2010 software: the new OpenOffice.org 

Re: Re: [marketing] OpenOffice is dead

2010-05-12 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Gianvittorio gianvitto...@zandona.nl wrote:
  ... and I agree with all of you ... now the question is: should we
 tell the journalist as well? or should we ignore the journalist? or
 put out an official response or a private one?
  I just don't think we should discuss amongst us, but involve also
 the ones who have lived far too long in a closed world and can't
 imagine an open one...

Well this is an open list, you can just send the link to this
conversation. We have grown exponentially ever since the launch of
Office Ribbons. So even if most journalist applaud ribbons, it has
grow our userbase much more.

Also most GDocs people don't use it exclusively, I use GDocs, cuz I
like to share with my network documents and do minor editing, but any
large document or complex spreadsheet, I do it in OOo. GDocs is just a
file repo the way I used it.

  On Wed 12/05/10 22:22 , Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl sent:
  Gianvittorio wrote (12-05-10 22:00)
    For users who don’t need Office, it’s a rare occasion that
   Google  Docs doesn’t suffice.  And yet for those who need
 Office,
   it’s rare that  they’re happy with OpenOffice.  Where does
 that
   leave OO.org?
  That is opposite to my experience: it is rare that people are not
 happy
  with OpenOffice.org.
  Well, sometimes they need to learn to appreciate, but that is what
 comes
  with a change.
  Best regards,
  Cor
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Re: Re: [marketing] OpenOffice is dead

2010-05-12 Thread Ian
On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 15:51 -0500, Alexandro Colorado wrote:
 On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Gianvittorio gianvitto...@zandona.nl wrote:
   ... and I agree with all of you ... now the question is: should we
  tell the journalist as well? or should we ignore the journalist? or
  put out an official response or a private one?
   I just don't think we should discuss amongst us, but involve also
  the ones who have lived far too long in a closed world and can't
  imagine an open one...
 
 Well this is an open list, you can just send the link to this
 conversation. We have grown exponentially ever since the launch of
 Office Ribbons. So even if most journalist applaud ribbons, it has
 grow our userbase much more.
 
 Also most GDocs people don't use it exclusively, I use GDocs, cuz I
 like to share with my network documents and do minor editing, but any
 large document or complex spreadsheet, I do it in OOo. GDocs is just a
 file repo the way I used it.

The main advantage is for collaborative working. I can put a set of
strings down a column in a Google spreadsheet and invite colleagues from
Europe to put their translations in columns next to it. We can all
contribute to updating the budget in one file without worrying about
whether it is the latest version etc. But if I want a big complex budget
spreadsheet I do it in Calc. I might then upload the final version to
share in Google Docs.


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Re: [marketing] OpenOffice is dead

2010-05-12 Thread Eduardo Moreno

El 12/05/10 15:00, Gianvittorio escribió:


http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/openoffice-is-dead/3909?tag=nl.e550
[1]
  OpenOffice is dead
  As I mentioned over on the Google blog last night, I’m headed to
the  Office 2010 launch tomorrow.  While Office in particular and
Microsoft  in general are hardly my beats, productivity and groupware
software in  the face of Google’s Apps and education’s need to
extract every last bit  of value from our investments certainly are.
This is why I’ve thrown  myself so completely behind Google Apps.
For educational institutions,  it’s free and it works very well,
both as a document collaboration  solution and as an email/calendaring
suite.

It’s also why I’ve been a big proponent of OpenOffice [2].
Again, it’s free and provides a perfectly workable alternative to
Office.  It’s mature, stable, and works cross platform. And it’s
free.   What’s not to like, right?

But here’s the thing: If someone needs a desktop office suite (and
I  mean they don’t just think they need one, but actually need to do
things  that can’t be done with Google Apps), then they aren’t
going to be  satisfied with OpenOffice.  I don’t blame them,
actually.  Given my  choice of Office 2007/2010 or OpenOffice, I’d
pick Office.  It’s  polished, it’s easy, and it’s powerful.  To
be honest, I’m not even  satisfied with Office 2008 on the Mac; I
run XP in a virtual machine to  get to Office 2010 when I need it.

For users who don’t need Office, it’s a rare occasion that
Google  Docs doesn’t suffice.  And yet for those who need Office,
it’s rare that  they’re happy with OpenOffice.  Where does that
leave OO.org?  Our  district is fairly rural and there are still
plenty of homes with only  dial-up or without Internet access
entirely.  For these families,  OpenOffice is a great choice since
they rarely have access to academic  pricing on Office and can’t get
online to access Apps.  As reasonable  access to the Internet becomes
ubiquitous, though, Google Docs or Office  Web Apps (even via
Facebook) will meet the majority of student and  teacher productivity
needs.

Am I wrong? Am I so dazzled by the pretty lights in Office that
I’ve  lost sight of the value of OpenOffice?  I don’t think I am.
The  majority of the time, the students and staff I support tend to
make use  of Google Docs.  Same for me.  On my Linux machines, it’s
rare that I’ll  fire up OpenOffice, despite it being a solid choice
for desktop  productivity.  That’s what the Internet is for, right?
Because in  addition to Google Apps, there is Zoho and Office Web
Apps, all of which  work quite well.

I just don’t see much of a place in mainstream education for
OpenOffice anymore.  Pre-loaded on laptops and netbooks in developing
countries where Internet access is unreliable or non-existent? You
bet.  But why use OpenOffice when most of your users can work quite
well with  Apps and licensing costs for Office are low for the small
number of  users who need a full-blown desktop suite?


Links:
--
[1]
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/openoffice-is-dead/3909?tag=nl.e550
[2]
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/ok-now-openoffice-is-definitely-good-enough/1895

   

Is it a joke?

In México, the Internet services no exist in all the country. Google 
docs is not good idea.


MS Office 2010 to pentium 4 computer with 512 MB RAM. Jaja. (or Haha)


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Re: [marketing] OpenOffice is dead

2010-05-12 Thread Varun Mittal
This guy talks of affordable office. In India an original offie license
costs 18K INR and in this money you can buy a 15 Inch CRT monitor + 2.4 Ghz
Processor + 1 Gb RAM + all basic hardware stuff


I feel we need to wake him from his sleep How about all of us tweeting
our responses or posting direct comments on his article  --  so that he gets
the correct information just like he has been spreading false
facts publicly

What do you guys feel

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Eduardo Moreno emor...@tokonhu.com wrote:

 El 12/05/10 15:00, Gianvittorio escribió:


 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/openoffice-is-dead/3909?tag=nl.e550
 [1]
  OpenOffice is dead
  As I mentioned over on the Google blog last night, I’m headed to
 the  Office 2010 launch tomorrow.  While Office in particular and
 Microsoft  in general are hardly my beats, productivity and groupware
 software in  the face of Google’s Apps and education’s need to
 extract every last bit  of value from our investments certainly are.
 This is why I’ve thrown  myself so completely behind Google Apps.
 For educational institutions,  it’s free and it works very well,
 both as a document collaboration  solution and as an email/calendaring
 suite.

It’s also why I’ve been a big proponent of OpenOffice [2].
 Again, it’s free and provides a perfectly workable alternative to
 Office.  It’s mature, stable, and works cross platform. And it’s
 free.   What’s not to like, right?

But here’s the thing: If someone needs a desktop office suite (and
 I  mean they don’t just think they need one, but actually need to do
 things  that can’t be done with Google Apps), then they aren’t
 going to be  satisfied with OpenOffice.  I don’t blame them,
 actually.  Given my  choice of Office 2007/2010 or OpenOffice, I’d
 pick Office.  It’s  polished, it’s easy, and it’s powerful.  To
 be honest, I’m not even  satisfied with Office 2008 on the Mac; I
 run XP in a virtual machine to  get to Office 2010 when I need it.

For users who don’t need Office, it’s a rare occasion that
 Google  Docs doesn’t suffice.  And yet for those who need Office,
 it’s rare that  they’re happy with OpenOffice.  Where does that
 leave OO.org?  Our  district is fairly rural and there are still
 plenty of homes with only  dial-up or without Internet access
 entirely.  For these families,  OpenOffice is a great choice since
 they rarely have access to academic  pricing on Office and can’t get
 online to access Apps.  As reasonable  access to the Internet becomes
 ubiquitous, though, Google Docs or Office  Web Apps (even via
 Facebook) will meet the majority of student and  teacher productivity
 needs.

Am I wrong? Am I so dazzled by the pretty lights in Office that
 I’ve  lost sight of the value of OpenOffice?  I don’t think I am.
 The  majority of the time, the students and staff I support tend to
 make use  of Google Docs.  Same for me.  On my Linux machines, it’s
 rare that I’ll  fire up OpenOffice, despite it being a solid choice
 for desktop  productivity.  That’s what the Internet is for, right?
 Because in  addition to Google Apps, there is Zoho and Office Web
 Apps, all of which  work quite well.

I just don’t see much of a place in mainstream education for
 OpenOffice anymore.  Pre-loaded on laptops and netbooks in developing
 countries where Internet access is unreliable or non-existent? You
 bet.  But why use OpenOffice when most of your users can work quite
 well with  Apps and licensing costs for Office are low for the small
 number of  users who need a full-blown desktop suite?


 Links:
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 [1]
 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/openoffice-is-dead/3909?tag=nl.e550
 [2]

 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/ok-now-openoffice-is-definitely-good-enough/1895



 Is it a joke?

 In México, the Internet services no exist in all the country. Google docs
 is not good idea.

 MS Office 2010 to pentium 4 computer with 512 MB RAM. Jaja. (or Haha)


 --
 J. Eduardo Moreno
 TOKONHU de México
 044 55 2748 4840



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Re: [marketing] Re: [webmasters] Re: [marketing] Download Charts not working for more than a week I think

2010-05-12 Thread goldfish


Hi,

It appears the Download Charts are still not accurate. (Even May 12, 
2010 shows downloads below 50,000.)


Joost or anyone who can help me with this:

Do the OpenOffice downloads from CNET's Download.com count in this 
Download Chart?


Thanks,

Regards,
Paul

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To: dev@marketing.openoffice.org
Sent: Wed, 12 May 2010 3:42 pm
Subject: [marketing] Re: [webmasters] Re: [marketing] Download Charts 
not working for more than a  week   I think



Hi, 
 
it has a different reason. The loadbalancer was offline for some days 
and it was switched to a load balancing mirror server. I hope to get 
statistical data transferred back from the mirror to the main 
loadbalancer so we get the missing data. 

 
Kind regards, Joost 
 
Bernd Eilers schrieb: 

 Hi Paul, 
 recently the Directory and Filename Scheme for OpenOffice.org 
downloads  changed. Maybe whatever generates those statistics was not 
adapted to  the the scheme or is not able to handle both the old and 
the new schema  for older downloads and newer versions. 

 
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