Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Spain's Extremadura starts switch of 40, 000 government PCs to open source
On May 2, 2013, at 10:38 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 05/02/2013 10:03 AM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: On 2013-05-02 09:25, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: Fabián, you are saying that these 40,000 PCs would use Linux and LibreOffice, instead of Windows and MS Office? According to the article, yes. I am just confirming what I saw. I also visited the Andalucía region and it's the same scenario there. That was *in 2007*. I am really glad that Fabián let us know about the Spanish region that is switching. We need to see more of that. Yet we really need a list somewhere reflecting these articles and the numbers. White paper / use cases from the commercial support companies behind GNU/Linux and those listed for LibreOffice (where is that list again) should help. Not every company thinks about writing those and making them public, though. F. Do you agree with me about having a list of known articles and making an outline style of list showing the governments, businesses, etc., who switched? The would be much easier that telling the potential user, or manager, to go online and Google for articles and/or go to one of LO's pages for a list of articles. I do not have the time and such to search for all of these articles and white papers for the information. It would be a good idea of having a wiki page set up where a poster would list the organization name and location number of PCs if known a few sentences about the organization, business, government [maybe] the URL where the info was published all organized by country. I know there is a page that list articles by region, but it does not help with a quick look at the who and how many have switched. I helped maintain this page a few years ago. It should provide a good starting point for what you need-- http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Open-Xchange to launch open-source, browser-based office suite
http://www.itworld.com/enterprise-software/348971/open-xchange-launch-open-source-browser-based-office-suite This looks promising. If you visit the demo site, you can click around and use a real, pre-release version of the app now. It looks good and seems to work well. Ben -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Open-Xchange to launch open-source, browser-based office suite
On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Craig, My two cents : you catch more flies with honey :-) Best, Charles. Craig Olofson c.olof...@gmail.com a écrit : On 03/21/2013 11:43 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Le 21/03/13 12:29 PM, Benjamin Horst a écrit : http://www.itworld.com/enterprise-software/348971/open-xchange-launch-open-source-browser-based-office-suite This looks promising. If you visit the demo site, you can click around and use a real, pre-release version of the app now. It looks good and seems to work well. Ben I wonder who the OOo devs could be? It would have been neat if they had contributed to the LibreOffice project. Cheers, Marc Is anyone in Marketing in a position to post a congratulations and, by the way, this is where we are with in-browser LibO? (cc'ing Italo) -Craig From what I can tell, OX's Text app is completely new, from the ground up. I'd look at it as a potential new ally in the larger ODF world and see if we two projects can help each other. Its pedigree should not impact our relationship with OX Text in any negative way. Ben -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work
On Dec 13, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/13/12 6:17 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: Good question about document length and how was he saving. What I read did not have enough details to know truly what happened. Received both docs, unfortunately they are DOCX. Short doc, three pages, seems to be a format problem and not a content problem (the DOCX is damaged). That was going to be my guess--saving into a foreign document format does seem to add potential for more problems. (At least historically; I haven't used the MS docx formats much in a long time.) It's a shame his post was framed as a critique of LibreOffice, when it could just as easily have been a critique of the docx family of formats. (My headline would have been: Why is docx such an unreliable format that I cannot manipulate it using the software tool of my choice without headaches?) -Ben -- Italo Vignoli - italo.vign...@gmail.com mob +39.348.5653829 - VoIP 5316...@messagenet.it skype italovignoli - gtalk italo.vign...@gmail.com -- 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 Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Need help with EN text and improving it
On Nov 18, 2012, at 9:11 PM, dhiren jani dhirenj...@hotmail.com wrote: Due to the increasing popularity of the free office suite, we receive a lot of support requests everyday. One minor note: in this context, it should read every day as two separate words, if you use this version. -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] what languages are being worked on for LO - not listed on the download page
On Nov 19, 2012, at 4:12 PM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I showed it to a doctor and his non-English language was not listed. Filipino - if I got it right. It might be listed under Tagalog, which is, to my understanding, essentially the same language: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_language -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Track-Management-System for LibreOffice Conference(s)
I will likely be building a site with Drupal COD later this summer, so I'll have experience with its effectiveness at that point. Unfortunately, I just don't have the time right now to offer my assistance with building the site, as much as I would like to. If things change, I'll let you know. Thanks! Ben Sent from my iPad On Apr 29, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Andreas Mantke ma...@gmx.de wrote: Hi Benjamin, I looked on the site today. It seemed nice but I get the information from there that it works only with Drupal 6 and not the new line Drupal 7. They are searching for sponsors to upgrade. I'm not familiar with Drupal but I know that there are always issues if you had to upgrade to a new version of Drupal (because your current one is not supported with patches/new minor versions anymore). I asked on the website- and on the foundation-mailinglist some time ago for proposals for an evaluation of a conference management system but get no feedback. If you want to evaluate the Drupal conference organizing tool I'm happy with this. I have no experience with Drupal yet and thus I can't work on that topic. We need also someone (or a group) who is volunteering to maintain the Drupal instance. Regards, Andreas Am 29.04.2012 00:46, schrieb Benjamin Horst: The Drupal Conference Organizing Distribution may fulfill you requirements, have you reviewed it? http://usecod.com/ Ben Sent from my iPhone -- ## Developer LibreOffice ## Freie Office-Suite für Linux, Mac, Windows ## http://LibreOffice.org ## Support the Document Foundation (http://documentfoundation.org) ## Meine Seite: http://www.amantke.de -- 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 -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Track-Management-System for LibreOffice Conference(s)
The Drupal Conference Organizing Distribution may fulfill you requirements, have you reviewed it? http://usecod.com/ Ben Sent from my iPhone On Apr 28, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) The name doesn't make any sense anyway. What does it mean? Surely you are talking about a procedure or a guide or documentation or suggested advice or a How To Manage a Conference or is it a policy or set of rules of things that have to be done? Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 28/4/12, Andreas Mantke ma...@gmx.de wrote: From: Andreas Mantke ma...@gmx.de Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Track-Management-System for LibreOffice Conference(s) To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org Date: Saturday, 28 April, 2012, 12:48 Hi Tom, Am 28.04.2012 13:26, schrieb Tom Davies: Hi :) Please, CMS means something else and using those 3 initials could cause a lot of confusion for various teams and people in the LibreOffice community. It means Content Management System. Regards from Tom :) I know that common abbreviation. What would you suggest as alternative for a Conference Management System? Regards, Andreas -- ## Developer LibreOffice ## Freie Office-Suite für Linux, Mac, Windows ## http://LibreOffice.org ## Support the Document Foundation (http://documentfoundation.org) ## Meine Seite: http://www.amantke.de -- 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 -- 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 -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] AppStore
On 27 Jun 2011, at 12:50, Benjamin Horst wrote: When we discussed this last year, I researched a bit and found the following article from the FSF: http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance The article's summary: An iPhone port of GNU Go is currently being distributed through Apple's App Store. However, this distribution is not in compliance with the GNU GPL. The primary problem is that Apple imposes numerous legal restrictions on use and distribution of GNU Go through the iTunes Store Terms of Service, which is forbidden by section 6 of GPLv2. So today we have written to Apple and asked them to come into compliance. We would be happy to see Apple distribute these programs under the GPL's terms, but unfortunately, it seems much more likely that they'll simply make the problem go away by removing GNU Go from the App Store. I think the above refers to the iOS App Store, but I do not know if the relevant terms are any different for the Mac App Store. (I think it predates the existence of the Mac App Store.) The other difference is that the article refers to the GPL and not specifically the LGPL license. I will follow up further and let you know what I discover. I've heard back from Brett Smith from the FSF. They had not previously analyzed the details of the interaction between the LGPL and Mac App Store, but are working on that now. We may hear more information as soon as tomorrow or shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, do any LibO developers have an Apple developer account? This is a necessary prerequisite to submitting an application to the Mac App Store. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] AppStore
On Jun 27, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: On 27 Jun 2011, at 12:50, Benjamin Horst wrote: When we discussed this last year, I researched a bit and found the following article from the FSF: http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance The article's summary: An iPhone port of GNU Go is currently being distributed through Apple's App Store. However, this distribution is not in compliance with the GNU GPL. The primary problem is that Apple imposes numerous legal restrictions on use and distribution of GNU Go through the iTunes Store Terms of Service, which is forbidden by section 6 of GPLv2. So today we have written to Apple and asked them to come into compliance. We would be happy to see Apple distribute these programs under the GPL's terms, but unfortunately, it seems much more likely that they'll simply make the problem go away by removing GNU Go from the App Store. I think the above refers to the iOS App Store, but I do not know if the relevant terms are any different for the Mac App Store. (I think it predates the existence of the Mac App Store.) The other difference is that the article refers to the GPL and not specifically the LGPL license. I will follow up further and let you know what I discover. Personally I think that conclusion is debatable. While Apple was the channel, the actual distribution was done by whoever put the software into the channel and it's not obvious to me that the situation is any different to, say, buying a PC with Linux on it from a members only retailer like CostCo. As long as the offer of source was made, I suspect an equally valid case could be constructed that there's no coming into compliance to be done. Indeed, it's not a universally-agreed conclusion. I have discovered a popular GPLv2 licensed application in the Mac App Store, which could be a good sign for us. I have contacted the author of the above article on FSF's site to see if he can provide more information for us. I have also contacted the author of the GPLv2 app on the Mac App Store to learn from his experience and ask for a little help. Not that I am a lawyer, of course :-) Just saying that I suspect the action in that link was motivated more by politics than by legal certainty... If there is uncertainty around it, then we should proceed boldly and confidently, and just get it done instead of censoring ourselves. There is too much to gain to ignore this opportunity! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] AppStore
On Jun 25, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: Charles-H. Schulz wrote (25-06-11 14:52) There was quite a lengthy discussion on the discuss list months ago about the same topic. Many things were written. I think that what would be really helpful would be if someone were to review the various app stores rules and terms, and identify the ones we can readily work with and the other ones where we would have a major legal problem. Would you like to drive this? [...] I support that proposal, Charles ! When we discussed this last year, I researched a bit and found the following article from the FSF: http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance The article's summary: An iPhone port of GNU Go is currently being distributed through Apple's App Store. However, this distribution is not in compliance with the GNU GPL. The primary problem is that Apple imposes numerous legal restrictions on use and distribution of GNU Go through the iTunes Store Terms of Service, which is forbidden by section 6 of GPLv2. So today we have written to Apple and asked them to come into compliance. We would be happy to see Apple distribute these programs under the GPL's terms, but unfortunately, it seems much more likely that they'll simply make the problem go away by removing GNU Go from the App Store. I think the above refers to the iOS App Store, but I do not know if the relevant terms are any different for the Mac App Store. (I think it predates the existence of the Mac App Store.) The other difference is that the article refers to the GPL and not specifically the LGPL license. I will follow up further and let you know what I discover. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Steam Distribution Inquiry
million customers, in 22 languages, 21 localized payment forms and 3 currencies. Let me know when you might have a chance to discuss. Sincerely, Mark Richardson ma...@valvesoftware.commailto:ma...@valvesoftware.com 425-952-2785 -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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 Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] DVD Label Creation Software
Anthony, I don't know about the specialized software, but I have definitely seen DVD label templates in ODF format from a few years back. They are probably available in the templates repository for OOo, likely included in one of the larger template packages offered there. -Ben On Jan 30, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Anthony Papillion wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm wanting to create some specialized DVD labels for local distribution of LibreOffice. They will contain my companies contact information in case the user needs support. Does anyone know of good DVD label making software for Linux or should I just stick to something like LibreOffice Drawing? Thanks! Anthon -- Anthony Papillion Software Development and PC Repair/Consulting Advanced Data Concepts Office: (918) 919-4624 Mobile: (918) 320-9968 -- 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 *** Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- 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 ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Post on boing-boing
On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 1/26/11 4:30 PM, Benjamin Horst wrote: Wonderful news! (They mentioned my name at the end of the post, so it must be due to my submission to Boing Boing yesterday morning. Thanks to Italo, Charles, Mike and the others who drove that PR process!) Boing Boing has long been one of the world's most-widely read blogs, so there's no doubt it has helped spread our message far and wide. Hi Ben, I think you should write Cory a short thanks message, as you have been mentioned as the source of the information (kudos). I think that we have done a good job so far, but this is only the first piece of the story. I will summarize the results during the week end, make PDFs of the articles and send a message to all the editors. I will definitely send him a thank-you note! Italo: I'll look forward to reading your summary and continuing to work with you and the team on this project going forward. In ten years, I haven't seen the same coverage for any version of OOo, and this means that if you do it right and you do not overkill people at the end you hit a home run (and you get coverage). I'm very excited at the preliminary results of our nascent work. This is quite promising. PC World is a small hiccup. We must be prepared to see some more of them, because we must remember that Microsoft has a lot of money and the press needs that money. I will write to the editor explaining our point of view. In all these instances, we just need time and some patience (and there will always be journalists on the Microsoft side, which is perfectly acceptable). Yes, I'm not surprised by this. It is their job to fight as hard as they can for their interests, just as it is ours to fight for our community's. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- 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 ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: New on ideas page
On Jan 7, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Hi Ben (I'll bottom post on this one) Le 2011-01-07 11:36, Benjamin Horst a écrit : Thanks, Marc! I'm trying to consolidate the plane and instructions into one single sheet. Though, for a conference it's fine to print one copy of the instructions and many copies of the plane itself. For my next update of the draft, I will add photos to the instruction page to make it clearer how it's done. Reference Cards will also be very useful. Solveig Haugland has long made short how-to documents for OOo and may have some material to help get the reference cards started. Her website is: http://openoffice.blogs.com/ -Ben On Jan 7, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Marc Paré wrote: I have added 2 new items on the ideas page: LibreOffice Desktop Reference Cards and LibreOffice Paper Airplane. [1] Feel free to have a look and to test out the airplanes. Comments are always appreciated. Cheers Marc [1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas#LibreOffice_Desktop_Reference_Cards Thanks for the link. Solveig looks like a very busy person. Ron Faile has started a reference card page and will let us know when he has completed the terminology set of words so that we can carry it on over here. [1] (discussion) He has also started a pdf file on it too. [2]. Great! Great to hear about the plane. Yes, folding instruction pages should not be overused at booths or we could be too wasteful with paper. I was also wondering about coloured stock paper (if the people manning the booth had a small budget). Would you have any suggestions? Something light and easily obtainable from local suppliers -- Staples in N.America ... not sure in Europe. We could check to see if they had any regular LibreOffice colour stock! Hey, maybe we could create our own name for stock paper! ... OK, maybe going too far with this. Let us know when you have the photos ready. Should I do some for my version? Ideally, I'll have some good photos soon so we don't have to duplicate our efforts. But if you want to go ahead today before I get the chance, that's fine too. Colored paper could be nice too. We can adjust it seasonally, or for the venue. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- 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 ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page
Thanks, Charles. On Dec 29, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: That is all true. But that does not mean that using an url as libreoffcedvd is automatically OK. Maybe we should have paid more attention discussing that? That's a valid point. But as far as I know, we don't have a policy on URLs that include the term libreoffice yet. Until we do, we cannot say that Dave is or is not following our policy! Once a fair policy is developed and agreed upon, I'm sure he and other project participants will be happy to follow it. Have you heard any discussion about this topic elsewhere that I may have missed? No indeed. So what I can say is that we have no trademark policy that is being formalized now; I would as a caution advise against using LibreOffice and the Document Foundation as trademarks for the moment. On the other hand I commit myself to discuss an upcoming and acceptable trademark policy asap and to speed up things. We can take a look at the example of the Drupal community for one successful policy. The Drupal trademark cannot be used by for-profit companies or in their domains, but it is permitted for non-profits and in the domain names of non-profits. I think this has worked well for them, and could provide a good model for LibreOffice as well. I am looking forward to this conversation and developing a good policy for the trademarks going forward. Thanks for your input so far. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- 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 ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page
On Dec 30, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 12/30/2010 03:35 PM, Benjamin Horst wrote: We can take a look at the example of the Drupal community for one successful policy. The Drupal trademark cannot be used by for-profit companies or in their domains, but it is permitted for non-profits and in the domain names of non-profits. I think this has worked well for them, and could provide a good model for LibreOffice as well. I will be working at a draft trademark policy based on Ubuntu, Drupal and WikiMedia trademark policies. I will share it as soon as it will be polished enough to be considered a working draft. Please point me to other trademark policies if they are worth looking at. Just thinking of other major open source projects, the following come to mind: Linux Firefox Eclipse KDE GNOME Firefox should definitely be on our list, while the others may also help. Thanks! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- 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 ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page
On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Ben, *, Benjamin Horst wrote (29-12-10 03:09) On Dec 28, 2010, at 5:56 PM, drew wrote: On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 23:39 +0100, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: But please don't set up websites in the blue like this. IMO that is just wrong, Dave has kept this list apprised at every step he has taken, as he took it. Indeed, Dave brought this up some time ago and a number of people discussed it in a thread. My recollection is that I (and others) strongly encouraged he do this. It was, and is, my understanding that LibO has no official disc distributor and is happy to have individuals provide the service within their local regions. The open source nature of the software encourages this, and at the very reasonable price point Dave chose, I don't see what could be a problem here. More people will be able to get copies of LibreOffice, which is good for the project and all of us involved! That is all true. But that does not mean that using an url as libreoffcedvd is automatically OK. Maybe we should have paid more attention discussing that? That's a valid point. But as far as I know, we don't have a policy on URLs that include the term libreoffice yet. Until we do, we cannot say that Dave is or is not following our policy! Once a fair policy is developed and agreed upon, I'm sure he and other project participants will be happy to follow it. Have you heard any discussion about this topic elsewhere that I may have missed? -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- 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 ***
[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [us-marketing] I'm back in the game.
Welcome back, Dave! I think you are doing the right thing here. You are creating a valuable service that might be the only possible option some people have to access LibreOffice! -Ben On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:26 PM, Dave Johnson wrote: I'm not going to let a little negative talk dissuade me from fulfilling a need. I see a need in the market and I want to fulfill that need with the highest quality professionally manufactured DVD's containing Mac and Window$ binaries. The disc will also have copious amounts of templates and extensions to include After the Deadline spelling and grammar checker. Thanks Ben for your words of encouragement. Dave Johnson, USNFR davefilms...@gmail.com 6195496830 http://www.davefilms.us (619) 335-5314 (619) 335-5314Dave Johnson DUNS number: 826989779 Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/; Begin forwarded message: From: Dave Johnson davefilms...@gmail.com Date: December 28, 2010 8:19:13 PM CST To: Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: I am out. Thanks Ben. I'm back in the game. Dave Johnson, USNFR davefilms...@gmail.com 6195496830 http://www.davefilms.us (619) 335-5314 (619) 335-5314Dave Johnson DUNS number: 826989779 Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/; On Dec 28, 2010, at 8:11 PM, Benjamin Horst wrote: Dave, Don't pay any attention to Charles' angry message. I don't know what he's talking about. I'm on your side. Let me know how I can help, and if it takes a little bit of a fight, I'm willing to stand with you through it. -Ben On Dec 28, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: David, what's up? Did you realize some people are on Christmas vacation and just don't follow their e-mail right now? So, can you tell me what's up? Florian (who *IS* on vacation) Dave Johnson wrote on 2010-12-28 23.58: I'm done. So long folks. Have fun. Dave Johnson, USNFR davefilms...@gmail.com mailto:davefilms...@gmail.com 6195496830 http://www.davefilms.us *(619) 335-5314* **(619) 335-5314**Dave Johnson DUNS number: 826989779** Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/; -- Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff -- 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 *** Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@us.libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- 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 ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Res: LibO resources ready for final version announcements
Hi Christoph, Thanks for the feedback! I've created a new version which can be downloaded from the same link on the same page (a 1 has been appended to the filename itself): http://www.solidoffice.com/2010/12/libreoffice-paper-plane/ On Dec 21, 2010, at 6:00 PM, Christoph Noack wrote: Am Dienstag, den 21.12.2010, 14:46 -0500 schrieb Benjamin Horst: [...] Hi folks, I've created a draft paper airplane design and posted the ODG to my site: http://www.solidoffice.com/2010/12/libreoffice-paper-plane/ Please print, test and send me your feedback. Concerning printing, given the fact that some printers do have limitations with regard to page margins ... is there any way to consider this? For example, adding some margin (e.g. 10 mm) to not run into problems? I placed important elements far enough from the edges of the paper so they will not be cut off. The folding lines do run right to the edge, but if they are not completely printed due to the physical limitations of the printer, it won't affect the output very much. I tested with a fairly standard home inkjet, which was able to print to within about 1/8 inch (about 1/2 cm) of the paper edges, and it works fine. If a printer can print right to the paper edge, this design will take advantage of that. Is it planned to provide a duplex design, so that we can use both pages for advertising/instructions/... ? Possibly. I was thinking of creating a second page that would contain folding instructions (with illustrations of some key steps). My thought was that users would print some of the instructions pages for conferences, along with many of the template pages to give away. Recipients could fold their page at the booth while reading the instructions and speaking with our booth staff. (This would save paper and give them something easy to talk about.) It would also be easy to modify the design to create a large space on the bottom of the folded plane for additional advertising. (The space on the top of the plane is fairly large already.) And some minor (nitpicking) stuff: The logo uses a white background - this conflicts somehow with the slight gradient behind. In my opinion, it would look better to use a transparent version. Here are some: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding#Resources Thanks--the logo I was using was just to show the potential placement, but I've updated it with the transparent background version, which is a nice improvement. This is a relatively unique design I found online that glides extremely well, and leaves a nice space on which we can place the LibO logo or other custom messaging for events. That's cool, especially if there is some advertisement being visible once it is folded ;-) It is very visible! The unique design is like LibO itself--not the ordinary standard people everywhere use (yet), but actually something better in many ways that just takes a little getting used to for newbies. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Regional LibO CD/DVD fulfillment
I think we need links for you both. You should set up a web page of your own, describing what you will sell, and where, and the LibO download page can link to your site under a Shipped Media section. Ben Sent from my iPhone On Dec 9, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Brenden Seibel bsei...@guateconexion.com wrote: I'm in Guatemala and would be willing to be listed as a contact for Cd/DVD versions for Central America. -Original Message- From: Dave Johnson [mailto:davefilms...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 8:48 AM To: marketing@libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Regional LibO CD/DVD fulfillment please put my info on the site. Dave Johnson On Dec 8, 2010 10:37 PM, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: Le 2010-12-08 21:40, Benjamin Horst a écrit : On Dec 8, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Dave Johnson wrote: I am willing to burn CD / DVD's for custo... Thanks a lot Dave and Ben. Yes, we should have a spot for those who will burn CD/DVD version of LibO. We'll have to make sure that we put one on the Drupal site. Marc -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.orgmarketing%2bh...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.l... -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Regional LibO CD/DVD fulfillment
On Dec 8, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Dave Johnson wrote: I am willing to burn CD / DVD's for customers in the US for a minimal fee of $4.99 USD per order. If this is permissible. I am located in Tennessee, USA. This would take care of folks with dial-up internet connections. Dave, I think this is a good idea. In the past, some OOo community members sold installer CDs on Ebay and moved at least 100 units a week (this was from just one family I spoke with). Ebay had a policy against selling software CDs, even FOSS, so they ended up abandoning the project. However, if you can find a good platform (maybe Etsy or CafePress?), I think you can provide a valuable service and produce some income too. In terms of the software licensing, you are fully free to do this. Ultimately, we should put contact info for CD sellers on the website download page. We just need to ensure we fairly represent everyone who wants to set up such an operation. For now, though, go for it! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Magazine -- official monthly magazine to the LibreOffice world
On Nov 27, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: Is actually published by a company called Linux Identity, you can see other issues of the mag here: http://www.linuxidentity.com/us/shop/index.php I, and other community members, have written for Linux Identity several times. They typically produce a special edition OpenOffice.org Magazine each year, which is printed and sold in bookstores. In NYC at least, I always see it at Barnes and Noble. I don't know what their plans are regarding LibO, but I expect that we'll be involved again. If anyone has specific questions for them, I will be happy to forward to my contact at Linux Identity, Caroline (I don't think I know her last name). -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Magazine -- official monthly magazine to the LibreOffice world
On Nov 29, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Andy Brown wrote: On Mon Nov 29 2010 08:12:42 GMT-0800 (PST) Benjamin Horst wrote: On Nov 27, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Danishka Navin wrote: On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Sadiq Saif sadiq.9...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with Dhiren here. It might be difficult to produce unique and interesting content for the duration of one month. Also, I assume the magazine will be in PDF format? we can add PDF option but just plain text email would be good for low bandwidth users. We can cover; New Features Community Events An Interview LibreOffice Tips Success Stories As a email newsletter, this concept matches perfectly with the idea of an end user-focused broadcast email that I've been considering. We would collect user email addresses when they download LibO from our site, and add them to our mailing list. A precedent for this is the open source project Miro ( http://getmiro.com/ ). Click the download button on the homepage and you'll start downloading the app. While waiting, the page suggests you enter your email address, and they add you to the mailing list. Every month or so, they send a newsletter email, in HTML format, with news, reminders, events, etc. It's a good way to keep users mindful of the application and project. I think it would work for us too. -Ben As long as it is made clear to the user what they are getting and that it is not required to download the program. Yes, this is a very important point! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [Marketing] Marketing team needs and Drupal site development
On Nov 20, 2010, at 10:57 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Hi Ben and Drew: Neat! I had heard of these groups but have not as yet seen any where I live. We are a university town with 2 universities and one community college. Google even has a large building near the University of Waterloo (a Research and Development Facility) and RIM (makers of the Blackberry) have their corporate headquarters here in town as well as manufacturing plants. IMO, this is a great idea. This sounds more like it should have its own thread for proper discussion and debate and it should also be included in with the: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas page. Thanks for the reminder. :) I've added the Street Teams idea to the page here: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas#Street_Teams -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Facebook statistics
On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2010-11-08 14:53, Sophie Gautier a écrit : Hi all, I'm receiving the Facebook statistics and wonder who wants to advertise them, here they are this week : 1,526 monthly active users 443 since last week 2,118 people like this 212 since last week 43 wall posts and comments this week 18 since last week 1,541 visits this week 680 since last week Kind regards Sophie Hi Sophie, would this be something that you would post on our blog? Could be just a small block item in the left or right hand column. Then, people who drop by to read the blogs could also end up on our Facebook? Would this make sense? It makes great sense--but we can make it automatic! Facebook offers widgets that you embed, and which will integrate a fan page and site very easily. Ultimately, we should integrate it on our homepage, I think. This one needs to appear on the page to which it refers: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box This one can appear on any page: http://www.facebook.com/badges/page.php -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Facebook statistics
On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2010-11-08 15:45, Benjamin Horst a écrit : On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Hi Sophie, would this be something that you would post on our blog? Could be just a small block item in the left or right hand column. Then, people who drop by to read the blogs could also end up on our Facebook? Would this make sense? It makes great sense--but we can make it automatic! Facebook offers widgets that you embed, and which will integrate a fan page and site very easily. Ultimately, we should integrate it on our homepage, I think. This one needs to appear on the page to which it refers: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box This one can appear on any page: http://www.facebook.com/badges/page.php Makes even more sense if we did it that way. Is there the same for Twitter? I thought we had a Twitter account too. Or did I miss something? A Twitter would mean more work. Twitter's closest equivalent is the tweet button: http://twitter.com/about/resources/tweetbutton Using it, we can also recommend users follow our official twitter account after they click the tweet button on the page. Other potential buttons for the homepage could include a Google Buzz button and a signup-for-our-mailing-list button. (That last one would be a custom implementation. :) -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Change icon?
On Nov 2, 2010, at 10:27 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2010-11-02 19:58, David Nelson a écrit : Your paper plane fits in superbly with the paper sheet, as a natural development thereof. The possibilities are many. It can be made into something that fires empathy in the young and old, the simple and the sophisticated. What do you think about the idea of giving it eyes, or some kind of face? Can you find a way to breathe life into it, like the old man into Pinnochio? David Nelson I don't think you would need to personify it. How about when you start a document, the logo starts off with the LibO logo that we have worked on and the more you type, the more the folds of a paper plane appear, and then the logo shows a paper plane outline to finally its final shape of a paper plane ready to fly ... it is done! I am liking the paper plane icon concept more and more, as well. To go along with the icon, we could create various folding templates for different paper plane designs, put a LibO icon on them in prominent places, and distribute them digitally as ODGs and PDFs. We could print them out for conferences, and let people pick them up and fold them using instructions printed as part of the template. There are many great designs to be found online, such as these: http://www.funpaperairplanes.com/Plane%20Downloads.html -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice with Windows on new computers: why not?
On Oct 31, 2010, at 5:35 AM, Monfort Florian wrote: Le dimanche 31 octobre 2010 à 00:39 -0400, Marc Paré a écrit : Le 2010-10-30 23:05, Graham Lauder a écrit : On Sunday 31 Oct 2010 14:24:08 Anthony Papillion wrote: On 10/30/2010 7:54 PM, Michel Gagnon wrote: I have another idea. I see on all French distributors in the magazine section magazines specialised with a specific distribution ( Fedora or OpenSuse or ubuntu etc ... ). These provide one CD or DVD with the distro, some additional packages. The content of the magazine is always a basic explanation of the installation, use etc ... Why couldn't we do the same for LibO ? These magazines costs only about 9€ ... Which I don't know what's the equivalent in dollars sorry ! But if they can do it with distros, maybe we can do it with a CD containing the libO suite, and some softwares from our future partners ? This is a way to show some visibility without the formal and usually expensive Microsoft way to sell his own suite. I think people could really be interested about it. Several of us have written for OpenOffice.org magazine special issues that are put out about once per year by Linux Identity: http://www.linuxidentity.com/us/index.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=5041 They are a French company (with some offices in Poland), but offer the magazines in English. I have seen them on the shelves of major retailers including Barnes and Noble. The magazine includes a DVD with the OOo installer and other bonus materials. This may be what you've seen on store shelves, too. Look around in that same section and let us know if you see the OOo special edition there. (The latest one even has my picture in it. :) -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Fwd: Libre Office's future strategy - suggestions from a Computer Weekly article that may be of use to the Foundation
On Oct 29, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Monfort Florian wrote: Le vendredi 29 octobre 2010 à 12:13 -0400, Benjamin Horst a écrit : I think we need to look ahead to tablets, based on iOS and Android. According to recent news articles, sales of iPads have made Apple the number one computer vendor in the USA. Thinking strategically, it looks like the developing world may skip PCs entirely and adopt tablets as their standard computing platform going forward, just like they skipped landlines in favor of mobile phones. Microsoft Windows will have an enormous challenge to gain any foothold in this market, and MS Office too. Thus, we have an opportunity to start on a level playing field here, without the huge inertia MS has long enjoyed. On a fair playing field, we will win--no question. My strategic suggestion is that we build a LibreOffice Touch for Android and iOS tablets as the first new member of this broader family of products. Full ODF support will allow compatibility with LibreOffice, and consistent branding will help reinforce both product lines. (As for web office suites, I researched this recently. Zimbra provides open source web-based docs and spreadsheets that customers can install on their own servers, first launched in 2006: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/web2explorer/zimbra-launches-zimbra-documents/259 If we want to work in this area, collaborating with Zimbra could give us a jump start.) -Ben I totally agree with Benjamin. Anticipating the reactions of the costumers is the best way the ensure visiblity against Microsoft, who will work for works suites on forgotten desktops. What's the next step ? Let's create a wiki page to summarize the concept and list the conceptual requirements. From there, we'd need to find developers interested in working on the idea, collaborate with them to define specific goals and concepts, and then begin. Montfort: Can you create this page and start fleshing out the idea in our wiki? I'll be very happy to pitch in soon. Thanks, Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] someone willing to interview some developers ?
Cor, On Oct 30, 2010, at 6:57 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Dave, Dave Johnson wrote (30-10-10 03:25) No problem. When is the deadline? There was some confusion with Christoph about my first mail, but we easily solved that. We would like to have interviews with some of the developers that recently joined LibreOffce, to give some face to the people behind it. I'll contact you with more details. A friend of mine is interested in doing video interviews with project members, if we would like to try that. He is also a journalist and might be able to help with written interviews too, if another person's needed. If there's interest, I will encourage him to join this list. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Proposal for new Wiki Page(s) - event organizer kit
To circle back: did you end up creating these pages, Drew? I saw a lot of positive feedback, and would like to read them myself, for potential future uses! Thanks, Ben On Oct 14, 2010, at 7:22 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: Hello, Was thinking that it makes sense to setup an event organizer Kit area on the wiki. This would be a place to list helpful tips and collateral for individuals looking at organizing LibO specific events: Meetups Booth at linux fest/expo mini-cons conferences What do folks think. Thanks Drew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-marketing] The Upcoming Mac App Store
http://www.apple.com/mac/app-store/ The Mac App Store is just like the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. So it’s as easy to find and download Mac apps as it is to add your favorite magazine to iPad or a new game to iPod touch. You can browse Mac apps by category, such as games, productivity, music, and more. Or do a quick search for something specific. Read developer descriptions and user reviews. Flip through screenshots. When you find an app you like, click to buy it. We need to ensure that LibreOffice is available on the forthcoming Mac App Store! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Academia
In addition to the bibliography tools you mention in an offshoot of this thread, I've heard many requests for a note-taking application of some kind. (With the interface of Writer and the backend data storage provided by Base, maybe?) -Ben On Oct 17, 2010, at 8:28 AM, Marc Paré wrote: This thread is to explore the LibO use in Academia and tools necessary to make it more appealing. Marc -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Joining the marketing list
Melissa Ladd wrote on 2010-10-17 10.45: I just joined this marketing mailing list. I am by no means techy but I was an OOo user and am now a LibreOffice user, and would like to be of help in any way I can. Perhaps more on the aesthetics and how to market to women, than the techy aspects,;-) hence this particular list. welcome on board! In fact, the secret master plan has always been to involve more women in this project, so some professional help is always welcome. :-) No, seriously: The marketing part is just being built, and you jumped in at the right time. We'll have a marketing conference call on the phone soon, and if you want to join, feel free to cast your vote on day and time at http://www.doodle.com/uiidvmmxcp53r4xs Also, if you're located in or near the USA, you may want to join our regional list. To subscribe, send an email to marketing+subscr...@us.libreoffice.org As Florian says, we definitely need new and fresh perspectives (not just techies) to participate in our marketing efforts around the world! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] marketing conference call
I am in Canada with approx. 5-6 hours behind European time (opposite of Graham). Mailists and IM would be my preferred way of communication if possible. Unfortunate as it may sound the advantages of having an international team are immense, the drawback is realtime meetings. Uh ... unless someone can fly us to a common destination for an afternoon. Anyone? LOL. You are all welcome to come to my house, and, it's Octoberfest here too! (Waterloo Canada) I think a regional group addressing the US and Canada is one possible answer to this. Drew Jensen and a few others have been working to get this started--so, if you're not already a part of that, here's an invitation to join! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted.
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] marketing conference call
On Oct 12, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 11:50 -0400, Benjamin Horst wrote: I am in Canada with approx. 5-6 hours behind European time (opposite of Graham). Mailists and IM would be my preferred way of communication if possible. Unfortunate as it may sound the advantages of having an international team are immense, the drawback is realtime meetings. Uh ... unless someone can fly us to a common destination for an afternoon. Anyone? LOL. You are all welcome to come to my house, and, it's Octoberfest here too! (Waterloo Canada) I think a regional group addressing the US and Canada is one possible answer to this. Drew Jensen and a few others have been working to get this started--so, if you're not already a part of that, here's an invitation to join! Yes, I was calling it a US group but I could of, and perhaps really should of called it a North America Group...Canada, USA and Mexico. Central America and the Caribbean are also considered parts of North America. Not sure if we have any folks active in those regions yet, though. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted.
