Re: [board-discuss] Market Share

2012-02-23 Thread Ian Lynch
On 23 February 2012 10:35, Michael Meeks wrote: > Hi Jaime, > > On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 20:13 +0100, Jaime R. Garza wrote: > > does anyone have a reliable source for the actual Office Suite Maket > Share? > > Not really a question for the board list :-) > > > Basically I need to know how is

Re: [steering-discuss] Off-topic - please move to discuss@

2011-09-13 Thread Ian Lynch
On 13 September 2011 13:32, Charles-H. Schulz < charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hello Ian, Tom, Paulo, > > 2011/9/13 Ian Lynch > > > > > The general notion here was that > > > > having a separate Base list would not serve the purpose -

Re: [steering-discuss] Off-topic - please move to discuss@

2011-09-13 Thread Ian Lynch
> > > The general notion here was that > > having a separate Base list would not serve the purpose - so what > > other, concrete proposals are there to discuss within the SC? > > The general notion you're saying, IMHO, comes from people who are not > directly involved in Base's issue itself. How ma

Re: [steering-discuss] Base - a new mailing list?

2011-09-13 Thread Ian Lynch
On 13 September 2011 07:47, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > On 13/09/2011 08:43, Ian Lynch wrote: > >> I think part of the problem is the rise of client server databases with >> the >> internet. It's a bit of an irony because to start with OOo used the >> principle

Re: [steering-discuss] Base - a new mailing list?

2011-09-12 Thread Ian Lynch
I think part of the problem is the rise of client server databases with the internet. It's a bit of an irony because to start with OOo used the principle of connecting to a database rather than including the old Addabas that was with StarOffice. Snag now is that even if the use of Base is minority

Re: [steering-discuss] Certification of end-user skills

2011-09-08 Thread Ian Lynch
Oops forgot the link! Its here https://theingots.org/community/OOoCert On 8 September 2011 11:50, Ian Lynch wrote: > On 7 September 2011 15:56, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> "Bad" was not really the right word. "Negative" would have been more apt. >

Re: [steering-discuss] Certification of end-user skills

2011-09-08 Thread Ian Lynch
Charles. > Le 7 sept. 2011 15:11, "Tom Davies" a écrit : > > Hi :) > > Fantastic :) I think i only read the bad parts of Charles' post & > completely > > missed the good. Great to hear it's beginning to click into place :) > > Regards from > > T

Re: [steering-discuss] Certification of end-user skills

2011-09-07 Thread Ian Lynch
Ok, no problem, that is what we intended. We have had internet problems at the hotel so I only have my phone. Tomorrow I can make a better reply. I had a meeting with Manfred Reiter this morning about further EU project grant applications so we hope that tdf people can become involved. But more tom

Re: Res: [steering-discuss] Certification of end-user skills

2011-09-04 Thread Ian Lynch
Yes, both on handbook, training materials etc (need to edit the current hand book draft as it only refers to ooo at present.) For certs either libo or ooo depending on the user context. Any specific community requirements, we will respect. Ian Sent from my Android Smartphone. www.theingots.org On

[steering-discuss] Certification of end-user skills

2011-09-04 Thread Ian Lynch
Background As many will know we have been working on FOSS friendly qualifications for end-users for several years now through the INGOT project. The qualifications and associated certificates are differentiated across 6 levels covering all software applications from complete beginner to university

[steering-discuss] Re: TDF/LO, what is the art of the possible?

2011-06-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 June 2011 17:31, Sam Ruby wrote: > 2011/6/5 André Schnabel : > > > > In your questionary, the questions to me seem to be of two kinds: > > > > 1) questions that are targeted to individuals actions (sign Apache CLA, > > contribute code to Apache as well as to TDF ...) > > > > 2) fundamental q