On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Drew Jensen <drewjensen.in...@gmail.com> wrote: > Howdy Rob, > > Ah trademarks - yes, I agree the Apache OpenOffice should have a TM, a la: > "IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ is a suite of open source office applications." >
I've put in a request to get that page updated. > A couple of quick questions if I may. > Will the support only be available to those with the IBM connectors? IIRC > that was the plan in the past. > It is certainly possible to combine IBM Support for Apache OpenOffice along with a license for IBM Connections or SmartCloud. In that case our Connector [1] would be supported as well. We also have an integration solution for OpenOffice and IBM Enterprise Content Management [2]. We're exploring other integrations as well. That said, if a customer wants help with a large, complex, standalone deployment of Apache OpenOffice, we'll talk with them. That was also the case with Symphony. > Also, does IBM have any plans to list AOO support on the United States GSA > registry? This was available in the past but not available for the last few > years. I have no idea. Should we? Regards, -Rob [1] http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/ibm-connections-connector-apache-openoffice [2] http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/information-agenda/catalog/profiles/OpenOffice_Integration_IBM_ECM.html > Thanks, > > //drew > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> wrote: > >> > From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] >> >> > > >> > > Sorry, but I think the website does not comply with the >> > necessary formalities. >> > > >> > > Always has been emphasized, these are marked on the >> > relevant websites trademark of Apache, for example: >> > > >> > > "IBM Support for Apache OpenOffice <TM>" >> > > >> > > and not only: >> > > >> > > "IBM Support for Apache OpenOffice" >> > > >> > >> > I think that would be more confusing. >> >> Sorry, but appearance is imho not so much the issue here, but rather >> trademark rights of Apache. >> Yes, that is formal, but how else should this be handled? >> >> > It would suggest the entire >> > name was a trademark since it is a continuous name with capital >> > letters. >> >> It does not have to be in the headline. Put identification in continuous >> text, for example in: >> >> "IBM® Support for Apache OpenOffice™ offers expert technical support for >> Apache OpenOffice™, ..." >> >> where IBM is already marked with ®. >> >> >> >> >> Greetings, >> Jörg >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
