Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Spain's Extremadura starts switch of 40, 000 government PCs to open source

2013-05-02 Thread Benjamin Horst
[maybe] > the URL where the info was published > > all organized by country. > > I know there is a page that list articles by region, but it does not help > with a quick look at the who and how many have switched. I helped maintain this page a few years ago. It should provid

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Open-Xchange to launch open-source, browser-based office suite

2013-03-21 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:56 PM, "Charles-H. Schulz" wrote: > Craig, > > My two cents : you catch more flies with honey :-) > > Best, > > Charles. > > > Craig Olofson a écrit : > >> On 03/21/2013 11:43 AM, Marc Paré wrote: >>&

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Open-Xchange to launch open-source, browser-based office suite

2013-03-21 Thread Benjamin Horst
> http://www.itworld.com/enterprise-software/348971/open-xchange-launch-open-source-browser-based-office-suite This looks promising. If you visit the demo site, you can click around and use a real, pre-release version of the app now. It looks good and seems to work well. Ben -- Unsubscribe in

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] US Journalist blames LibO for lost work

2012-12-13 Thread Benjamin Horst
reoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > All messages sent to this list will be p

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] what languages are being worked on for LO - not listed on the download page

2012-11-19 Thread Benjamin Horst
.org/wiki/Filipino_language -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + m

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Need help with EN text and improving it

2012-11-19 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Nov 18, 2012, at 9:11 PM, dhiren jani wrote: > Due to the increasing popularity of the free office suite, we receive a lot > of support requests everyday. One minor note: in this context, it should read "every day" as two separate words, if you use this version. -- Unsubscribe instructio

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Track-Management-System for LibreOffice Conference(s)

2012-04-30 Thread Benjamin Horst
work on > that topic. We need also someone (or a group) who is volunteering to > maintain the Drupal instance. > > Regards, > Andreas > > Am 29.04.2012 00:46, schrieb Benjamin Horst: >> The Drupal Conference Organizing Distribution may fulfill yo

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Track-Management-System for LibreOffice Conference(s)

2012-04-28 Thread Benjamin Horst
The Drupal Conference Organizing Distribution may fulfill you requirements, have you reviewed it? http://usecod.com/ Ben Sent from my iPhone On Apr 28, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > The name doesn't make any sense anyway. What does it mean? Surely you are > talking about a

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Turkish classrooms to use LibreOffice

2012-01-24 Thread Benjamin Horst
Very good news! I reposted it to Diaspora, as a start. 620k classrooms translates to 10 or 20 times as many users, at least. (I wonder how many school-aged kids there are in the country; I expect it to be a very large number.) Ben Sent from my iPhone On Jan 24, 2012, at 5:13 AM, Florian Eff

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Multiple tabs in Libo

2011-09-06 Thread Benjamin Horst
eted > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.l

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] AppStore

2011-06-30 Thread Benjamin Horst
> On 27 Jun 2011, at 12:50, Benjamin Horst wrote: > >> When we discussed this last year, I researched a bit and found the following >> article from the FSF: >> http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance >> >> The article's summary: >>

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] AppStore

2011-06-28 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Jun 27, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > On 27 Jun 2011, at 12:50, Benjamin Horst wrote: > >> When we discussed this last year, I researched a bit and found the following >> article from the FSF: >> http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance >

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] AppStore

2011-06-27 Thread Benjamin Horst
erms are any different for the Mac App Store. (I think it predates the existence of the Mac App Store.) The other difference is that the article refers to the GPL and not specifically the LGPL license. I will follow up further and let you know what I discover. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Steam Distribution Inquiry

2011-06-24 Thread Benjamin Horst
elines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org &

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Great artwork

2011-02-16 Thread Benjamin Horst
> >> Marc >> >> [1] >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/ConferenceKit#Computer.2FSoftware.2FElectronics_related >> >> > > -- > Paulo José O. Amaro > Computer Science Student > Federal University of São João del-Rei > WebDesigner / Li

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Valve Steam Windows stats.

2011-02-01 Thread Benjamin Horst
ibe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] DVD Label Creation Software

2011-01-30 Thread Benjamin Horst
(918) 320-9968 > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-231

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Post on boing-boing

2011-01-26 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > On 1/26/11 4:30 PM, Benjamin Horst wrote: > >> Wonderful news! (They mentioned my name at the end of the post, so it must >> be due to my submission to Boing Boing yesterday morning. Thanks to Italo, >> Charles, Mike

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Post on boing-boing

2011-01-26 Thread Benjamin Horst
s, Mike and the others who drove that PR process!) Boing Boing has long been one of the world's most-widely read blogs, so there's no doubt it has helped spread our message far and wide. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instruc

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: New on ideas page

2011-01-08 Thread Benjamin Horst
ice.com/2011/01/libreoffice-paper-plane-update/ It includes new pictures and instructions that should be much clearer than before. (I also added the updated link to the wiki page where Marc collected our threads, for ease of finding again.) I'm working on a video too, which I'll upl

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: New on ideas page

2011-01-07 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Jan 7, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > Hi Ben (I'll bottom post on this one) > > Le 2011-01-07 11:36, Benjamin Horst a écrit : >> Thanks, Marc! >> >> I'm trying to consolidate the plane and instructions into one single sheet. >> Though, for

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] New on ideas page

2011-01-07 Thread Benjamin Horst
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas#LibreOffice_Desktop_Reference_Cards > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for

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

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

2010-12-30 Thread Benjamin Horst
essful 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 for them, and could provide a good model for LibreOffice as well. I am looking f

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

2010-12-29 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi Ben, *, > > Benjamin Horst wrote (29-12-10 03:09) >> On Dec 28, 2010, at 5:56 PM, drew wrote: >>> On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 23:39 +0100, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: >>>> But please don't set up websites in the

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [us-marketing] I'm back in the game.

2010-12-28 Thread Benjamin Horst
t; "Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send > OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/"; > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Dave Johnson >> Date: December 28, 2010 8:19:13 PM CST >> To: Benjamin Hor

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

2010-12-28 Thread Benjamin Horst
project and all of us involved! Thanks, Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Res: LibO resources ready for final version announcements

2010-12-22 Thread Benjamin Horst
oph Noack wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 21.12.2010, 14:46 -0500 schrieb Benjamin Horst: > [...] >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I've created a draft paper airplane design and posted the ODG to my >> site: http://www.solidoffice.com/2010/12/libreoffice-paper-pl

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Res: LibO resources ready for final version announcements

2010-12-21 Thread Benjamin Horst
nd leaves a nice space on which we can place the LibO logo or other custom messaging for events. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Regional LibO CD/DVD fulfillment

2010-12-10 Thread Benjamin Horst
cost? (Netflix envelopes all include ads inside the package, which must help defray their operating costs.) -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/l

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Regional LibO CD/DVD fulfillment

2010-12-09 Thread Benjamin Horst
g > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Regional LibO CD/DVD fulfillment > > please put my info on the site. > > Dave Johnson > > On Dec 8, 2010 10:37 PM, "Marc Paré" wrote: > > Le 2010-12-08 21:40, Benjamin Horst a écrit : > > >> >>

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Regional LibO CD/DVD fulfillment

2010-12-08 Thread Benjamin Horst
sure we fairly represent everyone who wants to set up such an operation. For now, though, go for it! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/l

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: World map divided up by population

2010-12-07 Thread Benjamin Horst
he second was because they haven't adopted any office suite yet, since computer use is low. Thus, they have much less inertia to overcome.) -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org Lis

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Hello world (from Brazil)

2010-11-29 Thread Benjamin Horst
ts/marketing/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** A

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] "LibreOffice Magazine" -- official monthly magazine to the LibreOffice world

2010-11-29 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Nov 29, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Andy Brown wrote: > On Mon Nov 29 2010 08:12:42 GMT-0800 (PST) Benjamin Horst wrote: >> On Nov 27, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Danishka Navin wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Sadiq Saif wrote: >>> >>>> I agree with Dhiren

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] "LibreOffice Magazine" -- official monthly magazine to the LibreOffice world

2010-11-29 Thread Benjamin Horst
27;s a good way to keep users mindful of the application and project. I think it would work for us too. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] "LibreOffice Magazine" -- official monthly magazine to the LibreOffice world

2010-11-29 Thread Benjamin Horst
cific questions for them, I will be happy to forward to my contact at Linux Identity, Caroline (I don't think I know her last name). -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffic

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [Marketing] Marketing team needs and Drupal site development

2010-11-20 Thread Benjamin Horst
cussion and > debate and it should also be included in with the: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas page. Thanks for the reminder. :) I've added the Street Teams idea to the page here: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas#Street_Teams -Be

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] [Marketing] Marketing team needs and Drupal site development

2010-11-19 Thread Benjamin Horst
activities, and help connect them to government, university and NGO decision makers to promote LibO in all these areas (via email, calls and faxes). It should allow sharing of files so that one team can create a great poster that others adopt and adapt to their local conditions, or a video for the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Res: Res: Re: Change icon?

2010-11-09 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Nov 9, 2010, at 6:30 AM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi Ivan, :-) > > I understood what you meant. It's a good idea, and I'll bear that in > mind. Meanwhile, if anyone else has any other suggestions, please do > chip in. David: Have you tried-- http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2010/ -Ben > >

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Facebook statistics

2010-11-08 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > Le 2010-11-08 15:45, Benjamin Horst a écrit : >> On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Marc Paré wrote: >>> >>> Hi Sophie, would this be something that you would post on our blog? Could >>> be just a small block item in

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Facebook statistics

2010-11-08 Thread Benjamin Horst
h will integrate a fan page and site very easily. Ultimately, we should integrate it on our homepage, I think. This one needs to appear on the page to which it refers: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box This one can appear on any page: http://www.facebook.com/badges/pag

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Facebook statistics

2010-11-08 Thread Benjamin Horst
rough Facebook, and they have met with good success. Over time, I suggest we analyze and adapt some of their approaches to build up LibO's Facebook presence in the same way. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@lib

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] I might have a small store on the LibO train

2010-11-03 Thread Benjamin Horst
etary office suite's license fee alone. Keep us posted how it goes; perhaps we can develop an efficient, repeatable process out of your experience! (Document it in the wiki, please!) -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marke

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Change icon?

2010-11-03 Thread Benjamin Horst
ute them digitally as ODGs and PDFs. We could print them out for conferences, and let people pick them up and fold them using instructions printed as part of the template. There are many great designs to be found online, such as these: http://www.funpaperairplanes.com/Plane%20Downloads.h

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO Video

2010-11-02 Thread Benjamin Horst
the wireframe to the wiki as an ODG, but I'll make a PNG and put it in the page for easy viewing momentarily: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Website/Site_IA_and_Wireframes ) Go for it! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice with Windows on new computers: why not?

2010-11-01 Thread Benjamin Horst
zines in English. I have seen them on the shelves of major retailers including Barnes and Noble. The magazine includes a DVD with the OOo installer and other bonus materials. This may be what you've seen on store shelves, too. Look around in that same section and let us know if you see the OO

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] someone willing to interview some developers ?

2010-10-30 Thread Benjamin Horst
a journalist and might be able to help with written interviews too, if another person's needed. If there's interest, I will encourage him to join this list. -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org fo

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Fwd: Libre Office's future strategy - suggestions from a Computer Weekly article that may be of use to the Foundation

2010-10-30 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Oct 29, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Monfort Florian wrote: > Le vendredi 29 octobre 2010 à 12:13 -0400, Benjamin Horst a écrit : >> >> >> I think we need to look ahead to tablets, based on iOS and Android. >> According to recent news articles, sales of iPads have ma

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Fwd: Libre Office's future strategy - suggestions from a Computer Weekly article that may be of use to the Foundation

2010-10-29 Thread Benjamin Horst
consistent branding will help reinforce both product lines. (As for web office suites, I researched this recently. Zimbra provides open source web-based docs and spreadsheets that customers can install on their own servers, first launched in 2006: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/web2explorer/zimbra-launches-zimbra-

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] ODF Alliance weblog on Document Foundation Planet

2010-10-29 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Oct 29, 2010, at 4:30 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > > Marc Paré wrote on 2010-10-29 05.46: >> Would it make sense to include the ODF Alliance weblog on the Planet? I >> think it would be a great idea to lend them support and this would >> affirm our support for the open document for

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Proposal for new Wiki Page(s) - "event organizer kit"

2010-10-25 Thread Benjamin Horst
> Thanks > > Drew > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org > List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted. >

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] marketing conference call

2010-10-24 Thread Benjamin Horst
n Singer >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail to >>> marketing+h...@libreoffice.org >> > >>> List archives are available at >> http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ >>> All messages you send to this list will be publicly arc

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] The Upcoming Mac App Store

2010-10-20 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Oct 20, 2010, at 9:25 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 21:11 -0400, Marc Paré wrote: >> Le 2010-10-20 20:56, Benjamin Horst a écrit : >>> http://www.apple.com/mac/app-store/ >>> >>> "The Mac App Store is just like the App Store

[libreoffice-marketing] The Upcoming Mac App Store

2010-10-20 Thread Benjamin Horst
games, productivity, music, and more. Or do a quick search for something specific. Read developer descriptions and user reviews. Flip through screenshots. When you find an app you like, click to buy it." We need to ensure that LibreOffice is available on the forthcoming Mac App Store! -Ben Benj

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

2010-10-19 Thread Benjamin Horst
Google Docs would probably be a successful approach. It provides value-add in terms of a larger featureset and support for much more complex documents, while also eliminating the risk of losing all productivity if you're forced offline for whatever reason. And the extension Graham suggests

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Joining the marketing list

2010-10-17 Thread Benjamin Horst
you may want to join our regional list. To subscribe, send an email to marketing+subscr...@us.libreoffice.org As Florian says, we definitely need new and fresh perspectives (not just techies) to participate in our marketing efforts around the world! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (East

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO in Academia

2010-10-17 Thread Benjamin Horst
lists/marketing/ > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are a

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

2010-10-14 Thread Benjamin Horst
speaking Caribbean countries probably fit in here as well). Whatever the name is doesn't really matter, "na" or "us", as long as it's not offensive to anyone. (I hope it wouldn't be.) Mexico and Central America (and Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries) probably

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO North American group

2010-10-12 Thread Benjamin Horst
chives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted. > Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] marketing conference call

2010-10-12 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Oct 12, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: > On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 11:50 -0400, Benjamin Horst wrote: >>> I am in Canada with approx. 5-6 hours behind European time (opposite of >>> Graham). Mailists and IM would be my preferred way of communication if >>> p

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] marketing conference call

2010-10-12 Thread Benjamin Horst
nsen and a few others have been working to get this started--so, if you're not already a part of that, here's an invitation to join! -Ben Benjamin Horst bho...@mac.com 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org