[libreoffice-marketing] Slogans

2010-12-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is there somewhere to see a list of proposed slogan's? I prefer evolution to revolution becuase people are talking about Cloud apps as being THE revolution and that is scaring a lot of people. LibreOffice looks like the older versions of MicroSquish Office and a lot of people have

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread Benjamin Horst
Thanks, Charles. On Dec 29, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: That is all true. But that does not mean that using an url as libreoffcedvd is automatically OK. Maybe we should have paid more attention discussing that? That's a valid point. But as far as I know, we don't have a

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 12/30/2010 03:35 PM, Benjamin Horst wrote: We can take a look at the example of the Drupal community for one successful policy. The Drupal trademark cannot be used by for-profit companies or in their domains, but it is permitted for non-profits and in the domain names of non-profits. I

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Dec 30, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 12/30/2010 03:35 PM, Benjamin Horst wrote: We can take a look at the example of the Drupal community for one successful policy. The Drupal trademark cannot be used by for-profit companies or in their domains, but it is permitted for

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Benjamin Horst wrote: We can take a look at the example of the Drupal community for one successful policy. The Drupal trademark cannot be used by for-profit companies or in their domains, but it is permitted for non-profits and in the domain names of non-profits. I think this has worked well

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi all, On 30/12/2010 18:10, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Benjamin Horst wrote: We can take a look at the example of the Drupal community for one successful policy. The Drupal trademark cannot be used by for-profit companies or in their domains, but it is permitted for non-profits and in the domain

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 12/30/2010 04:53 PM, Sophie Gautier wrote: Fully agreed, and that should also be discussed with our packagers. Some of us have already spent hours, months if not years on this for OOo, André, Bernhard, René, Caolán, Cor, to name only some of them. So please make sure they are also in the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Italo, On 30/12/2010 19:07, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 12/30/2010 04:53 PM, Sophie Gautier wrote: Fully agreed, and that should also be discussed with our packagers. Some of us have already spent hours, months if not years on this for OOo, André, Bernhard, René, Caolán, Cor, to name only some

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Slogans

2010-12-30 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-12-30 05:41, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) Is there somewhere to see a list of proposed slogan's? I prefer evolution to revolution becuase people are talking about Cloud apps as being THE revolution and that is scaring a lot of people. Are you talking about this page?

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Slogan

2010-12-30 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-12-29 09:11, Italo Vignoli a écrit : I apologize for being so late with my position on this topic, but I really could not devote enough time to TDF before Xmas. I have just gone through the list again and several times, and I have one clear winner in the following: LibreOffice...

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Slogan

2010-12-30 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 12/30/2010 06:06 PM, Marc Paré wrote: It was agree earlier (see threads on slogans) that the choice of slogan at this time was temporary. I believe the reason for this was that LibO would eventually have a mission statement and that a more permanent slogan would be worked on after this. I

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Slogan

2010-12-30 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-12-30 12:22, Italo Vignoli a écrit : On 12/30/2010 06:06 PM, Marc Paré wrote: It was agree earlier (see threads on slogans) that the choice of slogan at this time was temporary. I believe the reason for this was that LibO would eventually have a mission statement and that a more

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Slogans

2010-12-30 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Tom, On 30/12/2010 13:41, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Is there somewhere to see a list of proposed slogan's? I prefer evolution to revolution becuase people are talking about Cloud apps as being THE revolution and that is scaring a lot of people. Enter the revolution was the web banner we

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Slogans

2010-12-30 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-12-30 12:48, Sophie Gautier a écrit : Hi Tom, On 30/12/2010 13:41, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Is there somewhere to see a list of proposed slogan's? I prefer evolution to revolution becuase people are talking about Cloud apps as being THE revolution and that is scaring a lot of people.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Slogans

2010-12-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, thanks, exactly what i was looking for. There are a lot of great choices in there. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Slogan I particularly liked short ones that had Liberat The word Libre is not used in English but many people might recognise Liberte and it's

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread drew
On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 10:22 +0100, Stefan Weigel wrote: Since he removed his offer, there is no need for further discussion. Hi Stefan, Thanks for taking such good care here. Perhaps this would be a good point, for David's benefit, if you could tell him a bit about the LibreOfficeBox project,

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread drew
On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 16:35 -0600, Dave Johnson wrote: I am NOT selling the software just a professionally made DVD with a Windows and Macintosh binary. Probably OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 Hi Dave, Sorry for being so delinquent in getting involved in your ideas here - I have read along. I was

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread drew
On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 18:16 -0600, Dave Johnson wrote: I can provide as little as 25 DVD's or a couple hundred. I cannot provide any free DVD's but I can at cost. The more the less per unit cost. I can have them ready in 7 - 10 biz days. Ok - would you want to discuss this on list then or a

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread Dave Johnson
I will be able to take a phone call Friday in the afternoon. Either number is good. I am in the central time zone. Or we can just email. Your preference. Dave Johnson, USNFR davefilms...@gmail.com 6195496830 http://www.davefilms.us (619) 335-5314 (619) 335-5314Dave Johnson DUNS number: 826989779

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread Dave Johnson
That sounds good to me. Still need official art for the cover of the DVD. Dave Johnson, USNFR davefilms...@gmail.com 6195496830 http://www.davefilms.us (619) 335-5314 (619) 335-5314Dave Johnson DUNS number: 826989779 Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread drew
On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 18:28 -0600, Dave Johnson wrote: Still need official art for the cover of the DVD. Precisely - we would need to start on this yesterday. There is art we can either re-use or use as a starting point from the LibreOfficeBox project. Thanks Drew -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

2010-12-30 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi Drew, David, * Am 31.12.2010 01:06, schrieb drew: Perhaps this would be a good point, for David's benefit, if you could tell him a bit about the LibreOfficeBox project, how it functions and it's relationship with the broader LibreOffice community. I am hardly involved in the