Re: [Marketing] OpenOffice.org 2.0 Standard Presentation???

2005-08-29 Thread Erwin Tenhumberg
Thanks a lot to all for pointing me to the existing resources! I'll try to consolidate the content from all the different presentations into one standard presentation. I also will include 2-3 slide designs/layouts. What slide designs/layouts from the existing slides do you like in particular? Wh

[Marketing] Please help to promote the OpenOffice.org Conference!

2005-08-29 Thread Erwin Tenhumberg
Hi all, Please help to promote the OpenOffice.org Conference! For example, if you're a blogger, you can just put a logo or banner on your website: http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/dancer?entry=please_help_to_promote_the Also invite friends, relatives, co-workers, etc.! In addition, let the oth

Re: [Marketing] Re: [marketing-events] Desktop linux summit

2005-08-29 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, On Aug 29, 2005, at 9:12 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Daniel Carrera wrote: Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Daniel Carrera wrote: Do you feel that team-building within the community is unimportant? For an open source project, I think that this sort of interaction between members is very i

[Marketing] Re: [marketing-events] Desktop linux summit

2005-08-29 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Daniel Carrera wrote: Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Daniel Carrera wrote: Do you feel that team-building within the community is unimportant? For an open source project, I think that this sort of interaction between members is very important. After all, "fun" and "community" are the primary mot

Re: [Marketing] Has anyone heard of this product, EasyOffice?

2005-08-29 Thread Chad Smith
Very detailed, Jonathon, thanks for supporting my claim with hard facts. -Chad On 8/29/05, Jonathon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chad wrote: > > > EasyOffice has been brought up several times on the list before. > > Three threads in mrketing since 9/04. Two threads on social since 2 ja

[Marketing] Fwd: [Fwd: Microsoft's Netscape plan]

2005-08-29 Thread Ryan Singer
This is how the competition thinks... Closed standards and closed minds, we can't help but win. -Ryan -- Forwarded message -- From: Rafael Ebron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Aug 22, 2005 12:24 PM Subject: [Fwd: Microsoft's Netscape plan] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you seen this? Ma

Re: [Marketing] Re: [marketing-events] Desktop linux summit

2005-08-29 Thread Ryan Singer
On 8/29/05, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Okay, so I guess we'll comission Ryan and Adam to find out the > >> details for the next DLS. > > > > We? The Marketing Project is Jacqueline and John's to administer. > > Huh? Do we need an approval process to let Ryan find out when

Re: [Marketing] Has anyone heard of this product, EasyOffice?

2005-08-29 Thread Jonathon Blake
Chad wrote: > EasyOffice has been brought up several times on the list before. Three threads in mrketing since 9/04. Two threads on social since 2 jan 05. Three threads on users since 10/04. At least according to my personal OOo list archives. xan jonathon -- Does your Office Suite conform to

[Marketing] Re: [marketing-events] Desktop linux summit

2005-08-29 Thread Daniel Carrera
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Do you feel that team-building within the community is unimportant? For an open source project, I think that this sort of interaction between members is very important. After all, "fun" and "community" are the primary motivators for almost any volunteer. It's obv

Re: [Marketing] Re: [marketing-events] Desktop linux summit

2005-08-29 Thread Ian Lynch
On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 15:04 -0700, Eric Renaud wrote: > No one appreciates being insulted in public . . . I can empathise with that ;-) -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For add

Re: [Marketing] Re: [marketing-events] Desktop linux summit

2005-08-29 Thread swhiser
Eric Renaud wrote: This strident kind of exchange is one of the reasons OOo has difficulty. OOo is not sexy to the outside world and it's really not fun to have LS_P's pedantic hot breath on one's neck on the inside. -Sam Can we (any of us) not get personal? And while I don't want to

Re: [Marketing] Has anyone heard of this product, EasyOffice?

2005-08-29 Thread Daniel Carrera
Chad Smith wrote: EasyOffice *includes* OpenOffice.org. It is a collection of many, *MANY* programs, including a photo editor, antivirus, archival tools, etc.. It includes a full version of OOo (it gives credit in some places, in other it just refers to an open source app). OOo is how it makes

Re: [Marketing] Re: [marketing-events] Desktop linux summit

2005-08-29 Thread Eric Renaud
This strident kind of exchange is one of the reasons OOo has difficulty. OOo is not sexy to the outside world and it's really not fun to have LS_P's pedantic hot breath on one's neck on the inside. -Sam Can we (any of us) not get personal? And while I don't want to promote bickering - if

Re: [Marketing] Has anyone heard of this product, EasyOffice?

2005-08-29 Thread Chad Smith
EasyOffice *includes* OpenOffice.org. It is a collection of many, *MANY* programs, including a photo editor, antivirus, archival tools, etc.. It includes a full version of OOo (it gives credit in some places, in other it just refers to an open source app). OOo is how it makes PDFs, I believe. E

Re: [Marketing] Re: [marketing-events] Desktop linux summit

2005-08-29 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
/me practices breathing hot and hard.. and pedantically ... :-) ciao, Louis On Aug 29, 2005, at 5:15 PM, swhiser wrote: This strident kind of exchange is one of the reasons OOo has difficulty. OOo is not sexy to the outside world and it's really not fun to have LS_P's pedantic hot br

Re: [Marketing] Has anyone heard of this product, EasyOffice?

2005-08-29 Thread Charles-H.Schulz
Doesn't seem to me... Do you know these guys? Charles. Wong Onn Chee wrote: http://www.e-press.com/index.asp Is this a OO clone? Regards, Onn Chee - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail

Re: [Marketing] Newsletter blog test: an invite to everyone on the list

2005-08-29 Thread Deepankar Datta
Hi On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 14:11 -0400, Benjamin Horst wrote: I think it's a great idea and I've already linked to it from SolidOffice.com. Making it into a group blog over time could be the best longterm strategy, and trying to keep it as comprehensive as possible will give it a great deal of si

Re: [Marketing] Re: [marketing-events] Desktop linux summit

2005-08-29 Thread swhiser
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Hi, On Aug 27, 2005, at 3:46 PM, Daniel Carrera wrote: [snip] Yes it was fun for those attending. Do you feel that team-building within the community is unimportant? For an open source project, I think that this sort of interaction between members is very

[Marketing] Re: [marketing-events] Desktop linux summit

2005-08-29 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, On Aug 27, 2005, at 3:46 PM, Daniel Carrera wrote: [snip] Yes it was fun for those attending. Do you feel that team-building within the community is unimportant? For an open source project, I think that this sort of interaction between members is very important. After all, "fun"

Re: [Marketing] Has anyone heard of this product, EasyOffice?

2005-08-29 Thread Daniel Carrera
Wong Onn Chee wrote: http://www.e-press.com/index.asp Is this a OO clone? It claims to have contact management, email, and it says it can read PDF files. OOo doesn't have those features. Furthermore, it requires a recent copy of Internet Explorer, and only runs on Windows. So I think it's

[Marketing] Has anyone heard of this product, EasyOffice?

2005-08-29 Thread Wong Onn Chee
http://www.e-press.com/index.asp Is this a OO clone? Regards, Onn Chee - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]