Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-29 Thread Cor Nouws
Tom Davies wrote (29-04-13 13:34) How long does it take an institution to evaluate a peice of software before they seriously consider installing it? One day, two houres and 15 minutes. -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org - www.librelex.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-29 Thread Marc Paré
Le 29/04/13 04:46 AM, Ian Lynch a écrit : On 29 April 2013 04:34, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: Hi Ian, I am not sure I agree; if this were the case, they would have moved to OpenOffice already. Why? No-one with any expertise in their industry has spoken to the right people. Don't

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-29 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 4/29/13 5:21 AM, Marc Paré wrote: I am not disputing the fact that it is political etc. Just pointing out that in the past, OpenOffice's slow/non-adoption into larger organizations was perhaps due to a flaw in our marketing angle and that perhaps a different approach may give us a better

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-28 Thread Ian Lynch
On 28 April 2013 00:24, Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/25/2013 10:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote: If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational sphere we need to list those values that really count. We already know of the obvious ones of file compatibility

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-28 Thread Marc Paré
Le 27/04/13 07:24 PM, Italo Vignoli a écrit : On 04/25/2013 10:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote: If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational sphere we need to list those values that really count. We already know of the obvious ones of file compatibility etc., but we need to work on

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-27 Thread Ian Lynch
On 27 April 2013 00:59, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: Le 26/04/13 06:14 PM, Jean Weber a écrit : I agree with Charles that it's mostly a political problem. I also agree with Marc that education sector wants certain features or at least some easy way to do certain things. One item

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-27 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 04/25/2013 10:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote: If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational sphere we need to list those values that really count. We already know of the obvious ones of file compatibility etc., but we need to work on the assets that really count to educational

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-26 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Marc, Le Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:15:07 -0400, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com a écrit : HI Kannan and Charles, If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational sphere we need to list those values that really count. We already know of the obvious ones of file compatibility

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-26 Thread Jean Weber
On 26/04/2013, at 23:57, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hello Marc, Le Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:15:07 -0400, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com a écrit : HI Kannan and Charles, If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational sphere we need to

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-26 Thread Marc Paré
Le 26/04/13 06:14 PM, Jean Weber a écrit : I agree with Charles that it's mostly a political problem. I also agree with Marc that education sector wants certain features or at least some easy way to do certain things. One item that has been on my documentation wish list for years is a book

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-25 Thread Marc Paré
HI Kannan and Charles, If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational sphere we need to list those values that really count. We already know of the obvious ones of file compatibility etc., but we need to work on the assets that really count to educational organizations.

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-24 Thread Marc Paré
Le 24/04/13 08:34 AM, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : Dear Kannan, I think your question is: do we have an online version of Libreoffice ? Full answer, we will, there's a prototype anyone can run (instructions on the wiki), we just need resources to make sure we have a fully dedicated team to fully

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-24 Thread Kannan Moudgalya
MS is giving this solution to India free of cost! Kannan On 24/04/13 7:35 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Le 24/04/13 08:34 AM, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : Dear Kannan, I think your question is: do we have an online version of Libreoffice ? Full answer, we will, there's a prototype anyone can run

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-24 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
They do it in France as well and in many other countries. The cost is one argument, but then there can be other arguments on costs as well. This being said, there are plenty of policy arguments to counter that. best, Charles. Le mercredi 24 avril 2013 à 20:26 +0530, Kannan Moudgalya a écrit :

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-24 Thread Tom Davies
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office They do it in France as well and in many other countries. The cost is one argument, but then there can be other arguments on costs as well. This being said, there are plenty of policy arguments