Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-16 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Italo, First, Mozilla is very active in the US, where OOo is virtually absent (although we have some outstanding volunteers, but given the size of the market the community there should be at least four times as big as in Germany). OOo is very active in several european markets, especially

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-14 Thread Italo Vignoli
Florian Effenberger wrote: I think Mozilla isn't comparable with us quite well. First, Mozilla is very active in the US, where OOo is virtually absent (although we have some outstanding volunteers, but given the size of the market the community there should be at least four times as big as in

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Cor Nouws
Per Eriksson wrote (13-7-2009 21:20) http://erinet.se/why/ Okay here is my quick outline. Here are my argumentations and thoughts. 1. Let everyone get the basic most important information. I have summarized the key things the user needs to learn within 5 seconds. 2. In-depth information ha

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Per Eriksson
Andy skrev: Per, I like it. Simple and to the point. The only suggestion I have is lose the "cool" part. If your only trying to attract younger users that maybe ok, but professionals may be turned off by it. Thanks for this. I'll losse the cool word, you're right. It is creating a bigge

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Andy
Per Eriksson wrote: http://erinet.se/why/ Okay here is my quick outline. Here are my argumentations and thoughts. Per, I like it. Simple and to the point. The only suggestion I have is lose the "cool" part. If your only trying to attract younger users that maybe ok, but professionals ma

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Per Eriksson
John McCreesh skrev: On Mon, July 13, 2009 19:03, Per Eriksson wrote: [snip] I would start an effort to make the why site much simpler. More like a guide. If you are a specific role this is covered on different more in-depth pages. John, I'd be happy to provide a sketch with my ideas for the

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Manos Batsis
I've been up for way too long but from a user's perspective the differences between a free as in beer version of MS office and OpenOffice.org are: * OpenOffice.org is free in it's entirety, AFAIK MS Office will not. * OpenOffice.org is under an OSI approved license and will thus practically

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > >> I think mozilla is doing a great job because they focus on activities >> and that is usually fun. I tried to get some of our funds to really >> put the marketing efforts on a next level but seems this wasn't a top >> priority. >

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Per Eriksson
Hi, Florian Effenberger skrev: Hi, I think mozilla is doing a great job because they focus on activities and that is usually fun. I tried to get some of our funds to really put the marketing efforts on a next level but seems this wasn't a top priority. I think Mozilla isn't comparable with u

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, I think mozilla is doing a great job because they focus on activities and that is usually fun. I tried to get some of our funds to really put the marketing efforts on a next level but seems this wasn't a top priority. I think Mozilla isn't comparable with us quite well. Mozilla's marketin

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:18 PM, John McCreesh wrote: > On Mon, July 13, 2009 19:03, Per Eriksson wrote: > [snip] >> I would start an effort to make the why site much simpler. More like a >> guide. If you are a specific role this is covered on different more >> in-depth pages. >> >> John, I'd be ha

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Per Eriksson
Andy skrev: Per Eriksson wrote: Hello, The latest news announced today: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56C34T20090713 I think it's a good idea to even clearer show the main big benefits of using OpenOffice.org. Are we really mentioning our cutting-edge features and ex

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Andy
Per Eriksson wrote: Hello, The latest news announced today: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56C34T20090713 I think it's a good idea to even clearer show the main big benefits of using OpenOffice.org. Are we really mentioning our cutting-edge features and extensions clea

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread John McCreesh
On Mon, July 13, 2009 19:03, Per Eriksson wrote: [snip] > I would start an effort to make the why site much simpler. More like a > guide. If you are a specific role this is covered on different more > in-depth pages. > > John, I'd be happy to provide a sketch with my ideas for the why site. Go for

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Per Eriksson
Alexandro Colorado skrev: On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Per Eriksson wrote: Hello, The latest news announced today: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56C34T20090713 I think it's a good idea to even clearer show the main big benefits of using OpenOffice.org. Are we re

Re: [marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Per Eriksson wrote: > Hello, > > The latest news announced today: > > http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56C34T20090713 > > I think it's a good idea to even clearer show the main big benefits of using > OpenOffice.org. > > Are we really mentioning

[marketing] MS fires back - new free MS Office expected next year

2009-07-13 Thread Per Eriksson
Hello, The latest news announced today: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE56C34T20090713 I think it's a good idea to even clearer show the main big benefits of using OpenOffice.org. Are we really mentioning our cutting-edge features and extensions clear enough? Per --