Re: [marketing] Open Office

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:40 AM, stephen joseph wrote: > Dear Team , > > > > My Name Is Stephen Joseph working as a Sr.Administrator in a company , we > are willing to use open office for Word and Excel . > > > > We want to enquire about the software , is it free or we need to pay > anything for th

Re: [marketing] Open Office

Dear Stephenb Joseph, On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:40 PM, stephen joseph wrote: > Dear Team , > > My Name Is Stephen Joseph working as a Sr.Administrator in a company , we > are willing to use open office for Word and Excel . > You meant to say, you are willing use OpenOffice.org to deal with your T

Re: Re: [marketing] Open Office evangelization?

Ciao Italo, Yes...I have some time and I want to help out. I am not sure this has to be an expensive exercise. What I am seeing is the OO has been very "market-pull-driven" (website, magazine articles, mailing lists, etc). If we want to realize certain objectives (like increasing the market shar

Re: [marketing] Open Office evangelization?

Gianvittorio, evangelization programs cost a huge amount of money, and we are volunteers. OOo marketing is a zero budget activity, and thus we must find low cost activities like PR. If you have free time to devote to the project you are welcome. Ciao, Italo Italo Vignoli mob +39 (348) 56538

[marketing] Open Office evangelization?

All, I am new to the "dev@marketing.openoffice.org" so I might be wrong, but I (so far) have never heard anything about anybody trying to evangelize OO. I believe that Marketing is fundamental, but you need a group of people to go and meet with people evaluating the software, making sure that th

Re: [marketing] Re: Marketing Open Office in libraries?

Hi Anastasia Here is an article which has some information on marketing FOSS to libraries: http://www.linux.com/articles/33251 Another article which might be of interest: http://infomotions.com/musings/ossnlibraries-workshop/ossnlibraries-workshop.html http://webjunction.org/do/Home is one site

Re: [marketing] Re: Marketing Open Office in libraries?

That is awesome. I'll work on it and report back. Anastasia On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 10:59 -0400, Anastasia Diamond-Ortiz wrote: > > Thank you for the quick responses. Am I free to create CDs for > distribution > > to be publ

Re: [marketing] Re: Marketing Open Office in libraries?

On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 10:59 -0400, Anastasia Diamond-Ortiz wrote: > Thank you for the quick responses. Am I free to create CDs for distribution > to be public? Are there any existing marketing materials I should know > about? Look on the marketing pages of the OpenOffice.org web site. Please do m

[marketing] Re: Marketing Open Office in libraries?

now forced to > apply for even the most menial of jobs online and create professional > documents. We used to be able to lend software many years ago but since > that is no longer possible and we have limited resources at the library, > marketing Open Office by supplying it on a CD

Re: [marketing] Marketing Open Office in libraries?

> There are a number of books in print, and there are a lot of materials > available for download. > > Try some of these: > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation > > http://www.learnopenoffice.org/index.htm > > http://training.bytebo

Re: [marketing] Marketing Open Office in libraries?

ossible and we have limited resources at the library, > marketing Open Office by supplying it on a CD for patrons sounds like it > might be a great solution. Unfortunately our library is not interested in > using Open Office throughout the library but I may be able to convince them > to l

Re: [Marketing] Open Office cost me $47...

Catharina Bethlehem skrev: I agree totally with Adam. This is the consequence of the license. Sure it's legal, but this is a question of morality. It's bad moral to take advantage of the LPGL this way, and we should definately not support people doing so. Of course, if they chose to tell th

Re: [Marketing] Open Office cost me $47...

I agree totally with Adam. This is the consequence of the license. From the license: "When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom of use, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge

Re: [Marketing] Open Office cost me $47...

On Mon, November 13, 2006 17:14, Adam Moore wrote: [snip] > What's wrong with it. Other than having a website name that is close to > ours they do what any other value add vendor does. They offer 2 months > support. They could provide a linkback to the openoffice.org site, but > other than that

Re: [Marketing] Open Office cost me $47...

On 11/13/06, John McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We aren't too pleased about it either. You can help us by complaining bitterly to wherever you saw their product advertised and get the advertisement withdrawn. Check with your local trading standards department to see if they are breaking a

Re: [Marketing] Open Office cost me $47...

On Sat, November 11, 2006 15:21, David Stiles wrote: > If Open Office is free, how come this site charged me $47 dollars for it? > http://www-openoffice.com/ Just the same way that the Coca-Cola Corporation took the water that people in London, UK get piped into their houses and sold it to them as

Re: [Marketing] Open Office Suggestions

On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 13:36 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 10-11-2006 > I have an MBA in marketing and am also an IT consultant who works with the > State of Florida, Department of Education developing curriculum frameworks > and > reviewing textbooks. If you would like to pursue any kind

[Marketing] Open Office Suggestions

10-11-2006 Dear Marketeting Department Reps. I really like your product, but there is little awareness of your product in the consumer market. I particularly like the way you offer the ability to create pdf files and have recommended your product for this, but rarely come across anyone wh

Re: [Marketing] Open Office preinstalled in systems

Dear Eugene, Eugene Chang a écrit : > > > > We understand that your product is free to use and distribute, but wanted to > know if this apply to OEM pre-installs as well. Please let us know if we > are free to load this onto our systems. Thank you. > Yes you are. Please take a look here: ht

Re: [Marketing] Open Office preinstalled in systems

Eugene Chang wrote: Dear Open Office, We are interested in pre-installing Open Office into our systems under the Everex brand. You can see our offerings below: www.everex.com We understand that your product is free to use and distribute, but wanted to know

[Marketing] Open Office preinstalled in systems

Dear Open Office, We are interested in pre-installing Open Office into our systems under the Everex brand. You can see our offerings below: www.everex.com We understand that your product is free to use and distribute, but wanted to know if this apply to OEM pr

Re: [Marketing] Open Office for MacBook

On Wednesday 09 August 2006 16:31, frank lockfeld wrote: > I've been using Open Office with RedHat for some time, after starting with > StarOffice. I now have a MacBook that needs Open Office. When will there > be a version for the MacBook? There already is a version :) OpenOoffice.org 2.0.3 (

Re: [Marketing] Open Office for MacBook

Hi frank lockfeld a écrit : I've been using Open Office with RedHat for some time, after starting with StarOffice. I now have a MacBook that needs Open Office. When will there be a version for the MacBook? you may also have a look at the MacOsX port still using X11, it has been deeply impr

Re: [Marketing] Open Office for MacBook

http://www.neooffice.org/ > click "Downloads" > and I see this: *Downloading NeoOffice 2.0 Alpha 4* You can download NeoOffice from any of the following links: *Downloads* *Processor * *Size* NeoOffice 2.0 Alpha 4 PowerPC

Re: [Marketing] Open Office for MacBook

Hi, Chad Smith wrote: You can use NeoOffice. http://www.neooffice.org/ It is based on OpenOffice.org and it's Mac native. only that they entered beta status which means that currently it's only available through the early access program, which you'd have to pay for. The free alpha4 versio

Re: [Marketing] Open Office for MacBook

You can use NeoOffice. http://www.neooffice.org/ It is based on OpenOffice.org and it's Mac native. On 8/9/06, frank lockfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been using Open Office with RedHat for some time, after starting with StarOffice. I now have a MacBook that needs Open Office. When w

[Marketing] Open Office for MacBook

I've been using Open Office with RedHat for some time, after starting with StarOffice. I now have a MacBook that needs Open Office. When will there be a version for the MacBook? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [Marketing] OPEN OFFICE

Hi Oscar, Thanks for your kind words about OpenOffice.org. In fact OpenOffice.org *does* convert documents into PDF - just click the PDF button in the toolbar. Converting to HTML without loss is not alway possible because of the limited nature of he HTML format. Best regards, Finn Gruwier

[Marketing] OPEN OFFICE

A FRIEND TOLD ME ABOUT OPEN OFFICE A FEW WEEKS AGO. I HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT AND I AM ON THE COMPUTER ALL THE TIME. I DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED OPEN OFFICE AND WAS SHOCKED AT THE THINGS IT COULD DO. I HAVE VERY COMLICATED DOCUMENTS WITH HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS IN WORD 2003 AND OPEN O

Re: [Marketing] Open office blowup

On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 18:00 -0500, Jerry Russell wrote: > STRANGE. > > This is the strangest thing that has happened to me relative to computers, > and I have been working with them for thirty years. > I was loading OpenOffice on my computer and there was an explosion in the CD > drive

Re: [Marketing] Open office blowup

Jerry Russell wrote: STRANGE. This is the strangest thing that has happened to me relative to computers, and I have been working with them for thirty years. I was loading OpenOffice on my computer and there was an explosion in the CD drive, yes in the CD drive. The OpenOffice CD that

Re: [Marketing] Open office blowup

Hi Jerry, "Jerry Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > STRANGE. > > This is the strangest thing that has happened to me relative to > computers, and I have been working with them for thirty years. I was > loading OpenOffice on my computer and there was an explosion in the CD > drive

[Marketing] Open office blowup

STRANGE. This is the strangest thing that has happened to me relative to computers, and I have been working with them for thirty years. I was loading OpenOffice on my computer and there was an explosion in the CD drive, yes in the CD drive. The OpenOffice CD that I received from a Sun

[Marketing] Open office

My name is Michael Allard DBA Northeast Digramming Services. I distribute "The Equation Aid" which is a CD containing a series of excell worksheets. I was wondering if I may attach open office to the disc for users that do not have an up to date version of excell. These discs would be limited

Re: [Marketing] Open Office

On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 19:36 -0800, Thomas A. Shiels wrote: > What is your mailing (ie. "snail mail") address? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Marketing Project is a virtual organisation - it doesn't have physical offices anywhere :-) John --

[Marketing] Open Office

What is your mailing (ie. "snail mail") address? [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To uns

Re: [Marketing] Open Office for Macintosh system X?

Hello Barry! >Is it possible to download a copy of Open Office for Macintosh system X? > >If so can you pleases send me the deatils of where to obtain this I >cannot find it on your download site. > >Many thanks > >Barry Wenden > Yes, it is possible. Go here,

[Marketing] Open Office for Macintosh system X?

Is it possible to download a copy of Open Office for Macintosh system X? If so can you pleases send me the deatils of where to obtain this I cannot find it on your download site. Many thanks Barry Wenden - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Adam wrote: >Can they actually sue for using the same name for a software productivity suite? The Kellog Company seems to think that one can eat a Tin Pan. So the answer to your question is a most emphatic "yes". > the name Open Office or OpenOffice (or both) first, then there is no contest,

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Justin Fitzgibbon wrote: Just to give an idea of the costs involved assuming any legal time is donated. In Australia for example the costs are A$ 120 to apply and A$ 300 once the application is granted. http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/fees_index.shtml In the countries suggested I imagine

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Sander Vesik wrote: Even more - and possibly far more importantly - x.org has been x.org for ages and is one of *the* sites nearly everybody unix techincal knows. Well, that's not necessarily a good example. The target audience for OOo should expand far past the 'technical' crowd right? Sure,

RE: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Just to give an idea of the costs involved assuming any legal time is donated. In Australia for example the costs are A$ 120 to apply and A$ 300 once the application is granted. http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/fees_index.shtml In the countries suggested I imagine the total cost would run

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 03:27 -0500, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Adam Doxtater wrote: > > > >Found it... and No there isn't one registered there either. Not for > > >OpenOffice or Open Office > > > > > >http://www.patent.gov.uk/search/ > > > > > Correction the URL is http://webdb4.patent.gov.uk/tm/

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

--- Anthony Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 20.18% used open office > 19.30% used openoffice > 12.28% used openoffice.org > 3.51% used "open office" > 3.51% used open office.org > > So based on what people are typing into the front door of the Internet, > open office and openoffice are the

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

--- Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Carrera wrote: > > Adam Doxtater wrote: > >>the .org does indeed make it happen, but there's no reason why we > >>shouldn't let people call it what they want... > > > > > > Furthermore, the fact that we are an org does not imply that we shou

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Daniel Carrera wrote: Question: I take it that a UK search applies to the entire EU, right? If we just register "OpenOffice" in these markets, we'll be good. Sure, there are other big markets, but they don't use the latin alphabet anyways... I'm not too sure on that question, Daniel. I'd guess

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Christian Einfeldt wrote: > I agree with Jacqueline on this point. We should try to encourage > people to use the .org. I kinda like OOo, it's very distinctive. It's distinctive in a bad way. It's akward to say and causes confusion. > So I think that subtle, but continuous references to .org

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

On Sunday 06 February 2005 16:44, Jacqueline McNally wrote: > Hello > > I have been meaning to post for some time about people dropping > the '.org" when writing or reporting about OpenOffice.org, and > having read this today, I think now is a good time. I agree with Jacqueline on this point. We

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Adam Doxtater wrote: > >Found it... and No there isn't one registered there either. Not for > >OpenOffice or Open Office > > > >http://www.patent.gov.uk/search/ > > > Correction the URL is http://webdb4.patent.gov.uk/tm/text Ok, excellent. So we have Canada, Australia, USA, and the EU. Ques

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Adam Doxtater wrote: Daniel Carrera wrote: Adam Doxtater wrote: I'd say "no", but again I'm not a lawyer :) Seems to me that it wouldn't hold up in court even if they tried. Can you help me find the European trademark office? Found it... and No there isn't one registered there either. No

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Daniel Carrera wrote: Adam Doxtater wrote: I'd say "no", but again I'm not a lawyer :) Seems to me that it wouldn't hold up in court even if they tried. Can you help me find the European trademark office? Found it... and No there isn't one registered there either. Not for OpenOffice or

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Daniel Carrera wrote: Adam Doxtater wrote: I'd say "no", but again I'm not a lawyer :) Seems to me that it wouldn't hold up in court even if they tried. Can you help me find the European trademark office? Sure thing... I'll take a look right now ;) --

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Adam Doxtater wrote: > I'd say "no", but again I'm not a lawyer :) Seems to me that it wouldn't > hold up in court even if they tried. Can you help me find the European trademark office? -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://o

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Daniel Carrera wrote: Daniel Carrera wrote: In Canada it's abandoned too. In Australia there is a trademark for "OPEN OFFICE FRONTIER". The company sells office supplies (printers, software, computers, scanners, etc). Is that too close? I'd say "no", but again I'm not a lawyer :) Seems

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Nicu Buculei wrote: > >Furthermore, the fact that we are an org does not imply that we should > >have a ".org" as our official name. I don't know of any org that does > >that, and I can think of many that don't. > > i know one: freedesktop.org, and they have a shot form (in our OOo > style): f

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Daniel Carrera wrote: Adam Doxtater wrote: the .org does indeed make it happen, but there's no reason why we shouldn't let people call it what they want... Furthermore, the fact that we are an org does not imply that we should have a ".org" as our official name. I don't know of any org that does

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Daniel Carrera wrote: > In Canada it's abandoned too. In Australia there is a trademark for "OPEN OFFICE FRONTIER". The company sells office supplies (printers, software, computers, scanners, etc). Is that too close? Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthor

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Adam Doxtater wrote: > From what I've found in my short research at the trademark and patent > office, any reference to OpenOffice or Open Office are dead. Nobody > holds them. Of course this was only the US office In Canada it's abandoned too. I'm trying to find the European TM office. Cheer

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

It's actually very easy, Daniel. I've trademarked Mad Penguin for instance. The problem for some would be the cost involved. It cost me $360 if I remember correctly, but it's dropped to $325. You can do it right online from the comfort of your home or office hehe. It takes them up to 6mos to ge

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Daniel Carrera wrote: The second it becomes legal to call it "OpenOffice" I will. From what I've found in my short research at the trademark and patent office, any reference to OpenOffice or Open Office are dead. Nobody holds them. Of course this was only the US office so I'm not sure about w

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Cool, how do you trademark something in the states? If it's not difficult, maybe we could register a trademark now, even if we're not sure we're going to use it. Better to leave that door open. Cheers, Daniel. On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 10:36:50PM -0800, Adam Doxtater wrote: > Daniel Carrera wrot

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Daniel Carrera wrote: I think "OpenOffice" would be an alright name. I don't quite understand why we can't use it. Who owns it? I haven't figured that out yet. Nobody as far as I can tell. There are only two claims that I can find in the US trademark office and they're both dead claims: http://t

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

-- Original Message - Subject: Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 00:07:30 -0500 From: Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: dev@marketing.openoffice.org > I have to confess. I have wondered at length (without reading too many &g

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

> I have to confess. I have wondered at length (without reading too many > FAQs) why anyone would choose a name so closely associated with another > software project. What's that other software project? Do you have a link? > IMO (however humble or not it may be) Sun should have kept StarOffic

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

-- Original Message - Subject: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 08:44:12 +0800 From: Jacqueline McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: dev@marketing.openoffice.org Hello I have been meaning to post for some time about people dropping the

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Adam Doxtater wrote: > the .org does indeed make it happen, but there's no reason why we > shouldn't let people call it what they want... Furthermore, the fact that we are an org does not imply that we should have a ".org" as our official name. I don't know of any org that does that, and I can

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Anthony Long wrote: I understand your point about the community, Jacqueline, but the media is going to do as is beneficial to it. What journalists say and how they say it has a huge impact on readers and potential users. Sometimes in marketing, you have to roll with whatever name customers as

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Daniel Carrera wrote: Jacqueline McNally wrote: It is the ".org", us, that makes OpenOffice.org happen :) But you have to admit it's cumbersome. Especially when you say it oraly. No other community has a .org in its name. You don't hear Gnome.org or KDE.org or GNU.org etc. I understa

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

My two cents: Let them call it what they want... as long as they use it. That is after all the ultimate goal. As Daniel stated, it's cumbersome to say. In print it looks ok, but the .org tag can easily confuse newbies when speaking to them. They usually end up thinking you're referring to a web

Re: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Jacqueline McNally wrote: > It is the ".org", us, that makes OpenOffice.org happen :) But you have to admit it's cumbersome. Especially when you say it oraly. No other community has a .org in its name. You don't hear Gnome.org or KDE.org or GNU.org etc. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I

[Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo

Hello I have been meaning to post for some time about people dropping the '.org" when writing or reporting about OpenOffice.org, and having read this today, I think now is a good time. An acronym by any other name [Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet UK, 07 February 2005 ] http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/commun