Re: [opensuse-marketing] feedback on news

2010-10-27 Thread jdd
>> (...) the LibreOffice efforts (part of openSUSE!) (...) but is "libreoffice" more part of opensuse than any other OBS application? If so where was this discussed? an other fork seems for me a very bad news when done before any public criticism of he original project (on our support - why shou

Re: [opensuse-marketing] blog

2010-10-27 Thread Sankar P
>>> On 10/28/2010 at 06:50 AM, in message <1288228831.6413.8.ca...@magtheridon.opensurvey.it>, Nelson Marques wrote: > I've mailed Pascal to remove my feeds from the planet. > > I'll take the blame for what happened. Won't happen again ;) Have labels in your blog and subscribe only a label to t

Re: [opensuse-marketing] feedback on news

2010-10-27 Thread Satoru Matsumoto
Hi Jos, first of all, I appreciate your feedback on *OUR* Weekly News. What we really have to fear is neither proprietary software nor competitor, but a lack of interest. ;-) (2010/10/28 7:37), Jos Poortvliet wrote: Hi all, A while ago there was a blog by Nelson on LibreOffice. I had a quic

[opensuse-marketing] blog

2010-10-27 Thread Nelson Marques
I've mailed Pascal to remove my feeds from the planet. I'll take the blame for what happened. Won't happen again ;) nelson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+h...@opensuse.org

Re: [opensuse-marketing] feedback on news

2010-10-27 Thread Nelson Marques
Jos, I've shared that because that's my own concerns. In a way what I mean is, Libre Office is going to have a very tough job ahead. oo.o has a strong brand and has made some quite amazing work. While for people more close to free software, this issue has a very own meaning, for all the audience

[opensuse-marketing] feedback on news

2010-10-27 Thread Jos Poortvliet
Hi all, A while ago there was a blog by Nelson on LibreOffice. I had a quick look and thought 'Ok so you don't get the dynamics of Free Software huh'* but didn't think about it otherwise. Then the blog was selected as one of the articles in the Weekly News, put together by the hard work of Sas

Re: [opensuse-marketing] Fwd: [opensuse-artwork] Some notes from the artwork BoF at the openSUSE conference

2010-10-27 Thread Helen
> Guidelines are an obstacle for innovation ;) Yes and no. There are always real limitations - ink, pixels, formats and other physical requirements. I was quite surprised when the printing limitations on the conference Tshirts were described late in the design process. These sorts of things need t

Re: [opensuse-marketing] «event» - local school br ainstorm...

2010-10-27 Thread Raul
Great initiative Nelson, congratulations! On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 13:15, Nelson Marques wrote: > >  Dear all, > >  During November {22,23,26} I'll be giving a small introduction to Free > Software and GNU/Linux in the local high school. > >  This will cover 43 students on the IT branch. Regardin

[opensuse-marketing] Re: editing

2010-10-27 Thread Helen
kk, making a coffee to fire up the neurons with and I'll take a look, if it's not too late. 8am here danged timezones! Helen On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:42 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote: >> > It is a bit urgent as I'd like to get it out today - but that can be late >> > in the evening EU time - ea

Re: [opensuse-marketing] Fwd: [opensuse-artwork] Some notes from the artwork BoF at the openSUSE conference

2010-10-27 Thread Nelson Marques
On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 16:11 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > Since artwork is closely related to marketing - and I forgot to CC marketing, > here's a forward... > > AJ > -- Forwarded Message -- > > Subject: [opensuse-artwork] Some notes from the artwork BoF at the openSUSE > con

Re: [opensuse-marketing] writing opportunities

2010-10-27 Thread Bruno Friedmann
On 10/27/2010 06:34 PM, Jos Poortvliet wrote: > On 2010-10-27 Andreas wrote: >> On Tuesday 26 October 2010 23:05:49 Jos Poortvliet wrote: >>> [...] >>> It was just an example, there are plenty more... Where and how could we >>> best ask if people are interested in writing such articles? >> >> Plea

Re: [opensuse-marketing] KDE-Four-Live article on LinuxUser

2010-10-27 Thread Jos Poortvliet
On 2010-10-18 Javier wrote: > Hey there, > > The other day I stopped by the Münich airport shop and I discovered an > article about KDE 4.5.x/KDE-Four-Live (http://home.kde.org/~kdelive/) > written by Marcel Hilzinger on the LinuxUser magazine. It's also available > online at http://www.linux-comm

Re: [opensuse-marketing] Re: openSUSE Shop maintainer

2010-10-27 Thread Jos Poortvliet
For those who DO have some time now - see below :D On 2010-10-19 Shayon wrote: > Is anybody there who can help with openSUSE guidelines for the shop ? > Or should I ask later , as I see most them busy with the conference ... > > Cheers > Sj signature.asc Description: This is a digitally sig

[opensuse-marketing] Fwd: [opensuse-artwork] Some notes from the artwork BoF at the openSUSE conference

2010-10-27 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Since artwork is closely related to marketing - and I forgot to CC marketing, here's a forward... AJ -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [opensuse-artwork] Some notes from the artwork BoF at the openSUSE conference Date: Wednesday 27 October 2010, 16:09:50 From: Andreas Jaeger T

Re: [opensuse-marketing] writing opportunities

2010-10-27 Thread Chuck Payne
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote: > Hey, > > On 27.10.2010 09:00, Bryen M. Yunashko wrote: > >> This is one of the priorities we discussed last week at our BoF and we >> really need to go out into the community and over a long period of time >> seek out qualified folks who ca

Re: [opensuse-marketing] writing opportunities

2010-10-27 Thread Bryen M. Yunashko
On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 15:34 +0200, Henne Vogelsang wrote: > Hey, > > On 27.10.2010 09:00, Bryen M. Yunashko wrote: > > > This is one of the priorities we discussed last week at our BoF and we > > really need to go out into the community and over a long period of time > > seek out qualified folks

Re: [opensuse-marketing] writing opportunities

2010-10-27 Thread Henne Vogelsang
Hey, On 27.10.2010 09:00, Bryen M. Yunashko wrote: > This is one of the priorities we discussed last week at our BoF and we > really need to go out into the community and over a long period of time > seek out qualified folks who can write such articles. I'm sorry i missed the BoF, it clashed

Re: [opensuse-marketing] Re: Promo around openSUSE conference

2010-10-27 Thread Andreas Jaeger
On Tuesday 19 October 2010 22:51:13 fabrice wrote: > Le mardi 19 octobre 2010 22:15:18, Andreas Jaeger a écrit : > > On Thursday 14 October 2010 17:14:49 Jos Poortvliet wrote: > > > On Monday 13 September 2010 22:35:53 Jos Poortvliet wrote: > > > > Dear friends, > > > > > > > > I have made a page

Re: [opensuse-marketing] BoF topics please!

2010-10-27 Thread Andreas Jaeger
On Sunday 24 October 2010 22:58:11 Jos Poortvliet wrote: > [...] > Please, Bryen, AJ, Michl, Yaloki, whoever made notes - send them! My incomplete notes: Focus today on what are priorities for coming year. Looking back: * Seen reenergizing the last three months * There's far more community outsi

Re: [opensuse-marketing] writing opportunities

2010-10-27 Thread Andreas Jaeger
On Tuesday 26 October 2010 23:05:49 Jos Poortvliet wrote: > [...] > It was just an example, there are plenty more... Where and how could we > best ask if people are interested in writing such articles? Please document such request always here so that we have a canonical reference: http://en.open

Re: [opensuse-marketing] Fwd: [opensuse-packaging] [reminder] openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 3 is next week

2010-10-27 Thread Bryen M. Yunashko
On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 10:36 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > Who's going to write the announcement for a release next week Friday? > > Andreas > > -- Forwarded Message -- > > Subject: [opensuse-packaging] [reminder] openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 3 is next > week > Date: Wednesday 27 O

[opensuse-marketing] Fwd: [opensuse-packaging] [reminder] openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 3 is next week

2010-10-27 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Who's going to write the announcement for a release next week Friday? Andreas -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [opensuse-packaging] [reminder] openSUSE 11.4 Milestone 3 is next week Date: Wednesday 27 October 2010, 08:00:01 From: openSUSE Roadmap Reminder To: opensuse-packag.