Re: [Marketing] Get Legal on Digg

2006-05-03 Thread John McCreesh
On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 22:22 -0500, J David Eisenberg wrote: On Wed, 3 May 2006, Simon Phipps wrote: I've posted a Digg for the Get Legal campaign; you may wish to go Digg it to get it up into the front page... http://digg.com/software/_Get_Legal_-_OpenOffice.Org_Spins_Microsoft_FUD

[Marketing] My reply to the official reply - Format impractical? Largest ministry uses it

2006-05-03 Thread Wong Onn Chee
Hi folks, My open reply to the authorities' reply against ODF is published at http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,389550,00.html Cheers Onn Chee Singapore Marketing Contact - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

[Marketing] More banners for GetLegal campaign ?

2006-05-03 Thread Cristian Driga
Hi, How about offering webmasters some more choices of Get Legal banners ? I was thinking of having 2-3 more banners/buttons. Some attempted examples: Is your office software legal? Legally licensed office suites for the whole company ? Someone dear is using illegal software ? NEW: 0.00$

Re: [Marketing] MS Office users ready to jump ship

2006-05-03 Thread Lars D . Noodén
The article with that quote was published in the middle of 1998 and looking at the calendar now it's getting about 10 years as threatened. The addiction mentioned has to be more than just psychological (though that's a big factor with a cult like MS) and the easiest way to do that technically

Re: [Marketing] Fwd: Looking for Anyone Doing Training on Open Source Software in Education

2006-05-03 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Ben, I'll respond directly to the sender. OOo is interested in training and support, at least in the creation of criteria that could be used by organizations doing support/training; OOo doesn't do it itself, at least not officially. We do list organizations (companies, nonprofits, etc.)

Re: [Marketing] OpenDocument is now ISO 26300

2006-05-03 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Wed, 03 May 2006 08:59:51 -0500, Simon Phipps [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations. It's official! My colleague in our international standards team writes: the OASIS Open Document Format spec is now an international standard. Its designation is ISO/IEC 26300. It passed without

Re: [Marketing] OpenDocument is now ISO 26300

2006-05-03 Thread Chad Smith
digg.com - there are 3 OpenOffice.org stories on the frontpage right now. http://digg.com/software/OpenDocument_is_now_ISO_26300 http://digg.com/technology/Open_Office_s_OpenDocument_format_*BEAT*_Microsoft_to_ISO_Standardization

Re: [Marketing] OpenDocument is now ISO 26300

2006-05-03 Thread Cristian Driga
Slashdotted too... http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/03/1414240 ~cdriga Chad Smith wrote: digg.com - there are 3 OpenOffice.org stories on the frontpage right now. http://digg.com/software/OpenDocument_is_now_ISO_26300

Re: [Marketing] OpenDocument is now ISO 26300

2006-05-03 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
These are some damn' good news! But the road is still long and windy... Shameless plug: http://charles-blog.libervis.com Best, Charles. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [Marketing] ISO 26300 Label

2006-05-03 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
hi, On 2006-05-03, at 11:52 , Cristian Driga wrote: Hi, Following the ISO vote I'd propose that: 1. we have a page on why.openoffice.org with key elements on ODF and what being an ISO standard means in therms of direct advantages for users. (owning our documents, interoperability, etc.)

Re: [Marketing] ISO 26300 Label

2006-05-03 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
hi, On 2006-05-03, at 12:08 , Ian Lynch wrote: On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 18:52 +0300, Cristian Driga wrote: Hi, Following the ISO vote I'd propose that: 1. we have a page on why.openoffice.org with key elements on ODF and what being an ISO standard means in therms of direct advantages for users.

Re: [Marketing] ISO 26300 Label

2006-05-03 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, On 2006-05-03, at 11:52 , Cristian Driga wrote: Such a mention could go for instance somewhere on the homepage too. Hm. I think it would be better on the download page and on the Product, About Us page, and so on. best, Louis smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: [Marketing] I'm speaking about OOo at Westchester (NY) PC User's Group

2006-05-03 Thread John McCreesh
On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 19:44 -0400, Benjamin Horst wrote: Hi all, I'm giving a talk to the Westchester PC User's Group about OpenOffice on Thursday, May 4 at 7:00pm local time. (Westchester is the county just north of New York City.) Hope it goes well. It would be great if you could let us

Re: [Marketing] ISO 26300 Label

2006-05-03 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi On 2006-05-03, at 13:44 , Ian Lynch wrote: What do you mean every list we are on? Well, I'm on a lot of other lists, I assume other people are too. I posted to Schoolforge UK and some Usenet groups I subscribe to. Viral marketing means getting publicity out there beyond the OOo lists.

[Marketing] Two like people with different results

2006-05-03 Thread Volker Rupprecht
Hi marketing expert or marketing interested person! Two People Pay for 1000 Visitors to their Website. One Gets 564 *new* subscribers, The Other Only Gets 194. Which One Are You? If you're more like the second guy, don't worry because there's no time like the present to change things around.

[Marketing] AWARD - Chip 2005 (Readers' choice)

2006-05-03 Thread Konrad Stobiecki
Hi! I am writing because i have received a diploma for OpenOffice.org 2.0 and want to put it on the http://www.openoffice.org/awards/ page. The link to the image and the text are below. I didn't add br/ marks: http://pl.openoffice.org/files/documents/206/3386/dyplomooo190x266.jpg bCHIP Product

Re: [Marketing] OpenDocument is now ISO 26300

2006-05-03 Thread Jeffrey G. Causey, CPA
Added to my IPW site already and I'm working on a couple others. http://www.ip-wars.net/story/2006/5/3/104545/1603 Jeff Causey On Wednesday May 03 2006 11:35, Cristian Driga wrote: Slashdotted too... http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/03/1414240 ~cdriga Chad Smith wrote: digg.com

[Marketing] New How-To Books on OpenOffice.org

2006-05-03 Thread Chris Charuhas
Dear OpenOffice.org staff, Yesterday my company published four new how-to books on OpenOffice.org programs. They're part of the In Pictures series, computer how-to books based on pictures, not text. Most computer books contain 50-100,000 words, but these contain only 5K or so. They're great

Re: [Marketing] AWARD - Chip 2005 (Readers' choice)

2006-05-03 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, cc'ing Tamblyne, who manages the awards page... (note: that page could be moved, at this point, I think.) On 2006-05-03, at 16:22 , Konrad Stobiecki wrote: Hi! I am writing because i have received a diploma for OpenOffice.org 2.0 and want to put it on the