Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Academia

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 15:20, Jon Hamkins a écrit : On 10/18/2010 09:44 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Is LaTex use by all levels of academia? I am more familiar with the music academics and I have to say that LaTex is not an option that I have ever encountered. In electrical engineering and math, LaTeX is the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Academia

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Merci Jacques: For some reason your post broke the thread. I'll just re-post this into the thread. Cheers Marc > Le 2010-10-18 17:56, jacques.moun...@netcourrier.com a écrit : > > Hi Marc, hi everyone, > > This is a copy of > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/msg01716.html > >

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Academia

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Merci Jacques: For some reason your post broke the thread. I'll just re-post this into the thread. Cheers Marc Le 2010-10-18 17:56, jacques.moun...@netcourrier.com a écrit : Hi Marc, hi everyone, This is a copy of http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/msg01716.html --- This lis

Re: [libreoffice-marketing]LibO marketing? [was: t-shirts ...]

2010-10-18 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/18/2010 08:53 PM, David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:42, Lucas Filho wrote: I did some tests with the name and logo images for LibreOffice. Look here: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hohWhG7m3yw/TL0CER52n8I/AbE/0r3EEOQqPc0/s640/libo_test.png For me, the paper plane do

Re: [libreoffice-marketing]LibO marketing? [was: t-shirts ...]

2010-10-18 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:42, Lucas Filho wrote: > I did some tests with the name and logo images for LibreOffice. > Look here: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hohWhG7m3yw/TL0CER52n8I/AbE/0r3EEOQqPc0/s640/libo_test.png For me, the paper plane does not project any associations that I can c

Res: [libreoffice-marketing]LibO marketing? [was: t-shirts ...]

2010-10-18 Thread Lucas Filho
Hello, I did some tests with the name and logo images for LibreOffice. Look here: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hohWhG7m3yw/TL0CER52n8I/AbE/0r3EEOQqPc0/s640/libo_test.png Option 01 shows a paper airplane to give the impression of lightness (we want a lot in this new phase of OpenOffice). It al

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Academia

2010-10-18 Thread jacques . mounier
Hi Marc, hi everyone, This is a copy of http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/msg01716.html --- This list comes from my experience (When I wrote my dissertation in the humanities), I hope this is appropriate: * Bibliographic Tools. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Bibliographi

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Will there be a press release about Oracle?

2010-10-18 Thread Frank Esposito
The only reason I suggested this is because there are some who still believe LibO and OO will become one again and I don't want that to harm the project. But I do agree, if Oracle wants to keep OO, they can, the strings have in fact, been cut and LibO will continue on its own path. the link I inc

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Will there be a press release about Oracle?

2010-10-18 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/18/2010 11:07 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: Frank Esposito wrote: Will there be a press release or something from the foundation about Oracle apparently deciding to support OOo and not LibreOffice? We are not going to comment Oracle decisions and statements. We think that the community has en

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Academia

2010-10-18 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/18/2010 09:44 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Is LaTex use by all levels of academia? I am more familiar with the music academics and I have to say that LaTex is not an option that I have ever encountered. In electrical engineering and math, LaTeX is the dominant tool to write a Ph.D. thesis, at l

[libreoffice-marketing] Localized marketing mailing lists - based on regions rather than on languages

2010-10-18 Thread Bernhard Dippold
All, (follow-up please on the marketing list...) the US marketing list has been created to allow local marketing discussions, event preparation and coordination of marketing activities in northern America. At the moment Canadian marketing is coordinated on this list too, until these activitie

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Will there be a press release about Oracle?

2010-10-18 Thread Italo Vignoli
Frank Esposito wrote: > Will there be a press release or something from the foundation about > Oracle apparently deciding to support OOo and not LibreOffice? We are not going to comment Oracle decisions and statements. We think that the community has enough food for thought to decide which road is

[libreoffice-marketing] Canadian Marketing Team partners with US Marketing Team

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
I would just like to inform the list that the Canadian Marketing Team has partnered with the US Marketing Team and will be participating as junior partners in the US marketing mailist. We would like to thank the US Marketing Team for their generous offer of help and sharing of resources. We are

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Certification project

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 12:11, ian.ly...@theingots.org a écrit : Ian, thank you for your email. We will, in the near future, open a discussion on business and certification on behalf of TDF. Thank you for your ideas! Best, Charles. PS: for some reason I felt that the LDV Transfer had run out of money?

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Will there be a press release about Oracle?

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 12:15, Frank Esposito a écrit : Will there be a press release or something from the foundation about Oracle apparently deciding to support OOo and not LibreOffice? If Oracle has officially decided to not support LibreOffice, we should begin to promote the separation to create even

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Academia

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 12:25, Jon Hamkins a écrit : On 10/17/2010 05:28 AM, Marc Paré wrote: This thread is to explore the LibO use in Academia and tools necessary to make it more appealing. Marc Here are a few things that would make LibO appealing to academia: 1. Export to LaTeX*. Support for LaTeX

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Academia

2010-10-18 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/17/2010 05:28 AM, Marc Paré wrote: This thread is to explore the LibO use in Academia and tools necessary to make it more appealing. Marc Here are a few things that would make LibO appealing to academia: 1. Export to LaTeX*. Support for LaTeX in OOo was limited to the OOoLaTeX extensio

[libreoffice-marketing] Will there be a press release about Oracle?

2010-10-18 Thread Frank Esposito
Will there be a press release or something from the foundation about Oracle apparently deciding to support OOo and not LibreOffice? If Oracle has officially decided to not support LibreOffice, we should begin to promote the separation to create even more active participation. It has been amazing w

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Certification project

2010-10-18 Thread ian . lynch
> Ian, > > thank you for your email. We will, in the near future, open a > discussion on business and certification on behalf of TDF. Thank you > for your ideas! > > Best, > Charles. > PS: for some reason I felt that the LDV Transfer had run out of money? LDV TOI is alive and kicking. statisticall

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Hi

2010-10-18 Thread Drew Jensen
On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 15:01 +0200, Ricardo Sánchez Baamonde wrote: > Hi, my name is Ricardo and i am from Spain! I've been wondering why it is > that i can't find LibreOffice in websites such as www.softonic.com. At least > here in Spain its a very popular website for downloading freeware and any >

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Education (JK-High School and NOT post grad. university/college)

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Merci Michel for your note: Le 2010-10-18 10:43, Michel Gagnon a écrit : I am neither student nor teacher, but I have to offer support to my daughter and her friends. I find that OpenOffice (and most likely LibreOffice has a few problems to solve before it penetrates the market. What are the ma

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Education (JK-High School and NOT post grad. university/college)

2010-10-18 Thread Michel Gagnon
Le 2010-10-17 08:40, Marc Paré a écrit : I am interested in the marketing of LibO as an effective tool in education. In particular JK (kindergarten) to the end of High School (or comparable to this internationally as well). Is LibO, in your opinion, a good and effective tool for educational purp

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Certification project

2010-10-18 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Ian, thank you for your email. We will, in the near future, open a discussion on business and certification on behalf of TDF. Thank you for your ideas! Best, Charles. PS: for some reason I felt that the LDV Transfer had run out of money? Le Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:44:07 +0100, Ian a écrit : > I'

[libreoffice-marketing] Hi

2010-10-18 Thread Ricardo Sánchez Baamonde
Hi, my name is Ricardo and i am from Spain! I've been wondering why it is that i can't find LibreOffice in websites such as www.softonic.com. At least here in Spain its a very popular website for downloading freeware and any kind of software. I think that if LibreOffice gets an space in that websit

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] OpenOffice.org Roles

2010-10-18 Thread jonathon
On 10/16/2010 06:24 PM, Andy Brown wrote: > What next are they going to request all that are connected to the > LibreOffice community that to stop being part of the OOo community? That would be a stupid request, but given what both Pavel and Louis wrote, I wouldn't be surprised if that request

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] First Marketing Conference Call

2010-10-18 Thread Florian Effenberger
;) We will provide records and (hopefully) meeting minutes Jean Hollis Weber wrote on 2010-10-18 12.37: Alas, I won't be attending. That's 03:00 for me. Not a problem. Someone has to be the person with a very bad time, and it's my turn.:-) -- Florian Effenberger Steering Committee and Foundi

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] First Marketing Conference Call

2010-10-18 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 09:55 +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm happy to announce the first Marketing Conference Call for > LibreOffice and The Document Foundation. > > It will be on Monday, October 25th, 1700 UTC > > To convert into your local time zone, see > http://w

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] list name for the US group

2010-10-18 Thread Italo Vignoli
jonathon wrote: > On 10/15/2010 02:27 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > >> For the moment, let's use the general marketing list. > > No, no, a thousand times no. Being a professional marketer since 1981, I have been the strongest supporter of geography based marketing lists inside the OOo project, and

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] list name for the US group

2010-10-18 Thread jonathon
On 10/15/2010 02:27 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > For the moment, let's use the general marketing list. No, no, a thousand times no. a) One of the major problems with OOo marketing in the US, was that they did not have their own list. Combining a generic, worldwide marketing policy with a geogra

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] First Branding Material Arrived :-)

2010-10-18 Thread Daniela Mihm
Hello Chritsoph, * Am 18.10.2010 00:33, schrieb Christoph Noack: Hi all, some people already asked for the branding material source data (e.g. SVGs) to join the "graphic creation wave". I have also been asked by the TDF team, whether I could explain how to use the graphics - at the moment, we r

[libreoffice-marketing] Termineinladung: TDF Marketing Conference Call

2010-10-18 Thread floeff
Florian Effenberger hat Sie zu TDF Marketing Conference Call eingeladen -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and

[libreoffice-marketing] First Marketing Conference Call

2010-10-18 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce the first Marketing Conference Call for LibreOffice and The Document Foundation. It will be on Monday, October 25th, 1700 UTC To convert into your local time zone, see http://www.doodle.com/uiidvmmxcp53r4xs and use the location selector in the page. M