User: jpmcc Date: 2008-01-28 05:56:43+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Mon Jan 28 06:00:01 GMT 2008 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.15&r2=1.16 Delta lines: +37 -37 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-01-27 23:56:46+0000 1.15 +++ atom.xml 2008-01-28 05:56:41+0000 1.16 @@ -5,10 +5,28 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2008-01-28T00:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-01-28T06:00:11+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry> + <title type="html">Why MS Office for Mac 2008 fails to impress</title> + <link href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-ms-office-for-mac-2008-fails-to.html"/> + <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-1272335188729772980</id> + <updated>2008-01-27T22:27:54+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">To say that I was surprised to read Matt Asay's <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9852602-7.html?tag=more">blog on CNet</a> extolling Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 is an understatement. Asay likes MS Office for Mac's UI and integration and despite its downsides, like the fact that it uses OOXML, not ODF, and does not synchronize with his Blackberry (or much else, though I'd guess it does fine with Microsoft products, but that's just a guess), he believes that the "upgrade was worth the price."<br /><br />Really? I guess when I think about an application I think, to be sure, about the pleasure of using it and whether it is easy to use. No one likes an application that obtrudes and prevents fluid thought (which is hard enough to get, anyway). <br /><br />But I also think about how my work using it will affect others. Would my colleague, for instance, be able to read what I send? Would I be able to read what they send me? How long can I trust the format to last? Ie, will I (or others) be able to freely access it decades from now? And this raises the question: Why would I want to use something that implicitly is exclusive? Sure, I use a Macintosh, but the work I do on it that is public employs free software and open standards, and that's where MS Office for Mac fails. Okay, I confess I have not personally tried out MS Office for Mac 2008--I cannot justify buying it--but I am aware that MS Office hasn't really changed from earlier versions in a crucial way: It still doesn't play well with others and in fact, as Matt admits, effectively forces the user to dive into the MS universe and close the door after him. That isolationist attitude is predicated, to be sure, on file format, but also on the philosophy of interoperation that differentiates MS's logic of development from Foss' and in particular OpenOffice.org's. <br /><br />Our philosophy is to work with others. We do not insist that our application must do everything. We do insist that it be open--use open source and open standards, so as to allow (and indeed encourage) effective interoperation of different applications, big and small. The result is that there is no real limit to OOo and the application ecosystem (on the desktop, on the Web) it centres. And there is a limit to what MS Office (and others of its ilk) can do.<br /><br />But can OOo match the UI that Matt loves so much? Yes. Can it also have the level of integration (or interoperation) that he likes? Yes. Okay, when? Well, 3.0 is slated for the end of summer, and when released, it will be able to work with Mozilla's <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/">Lightning</a> calendaring application--which integrates with Thunderbird, the email client. And as OOo already supports lots of extensions and will support even more as time goes on, the wealth of options and tools can only increase. And most are likely to be free.<br /><br />Freedom here is not the price one pays for mediocre software. There is nothing mediocre about Mozilla, OpenOffice.org or so much other Foss. Freedom is rather the tool that underlies the working of superior software, and that includes making it as pleasurable to use as to develop.</content> + <author> + <name>oulipo</name> + <uri>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">ooo-speak</title> + <link rel="self" href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> + <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564</id> + <updated>2008-01-28T06:00:07+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry> <title type="html">OOoCon 2008 Call for Location - deadline extended</title> <link href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/ooocon-2008-call-for-location-deadline.html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-3285221966665692277</id> @@ -27,6 +45,24 @@ </entry> <entry> + <title type="html">Deadline for OOoCon Extended</title> + <link href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/01/deadline-for-ooocon-extended.html"/> + <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-2165843032578577385</id> + <updated>2008-01-27T21:51:32+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">The deadline for OOoCon has been extended until 10 Feb. As John McCreesh (Marketing Lead) wrote, <br /><br />"Last month we set a deadline of January 31st for the receipt of<br />proposals for hosting the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference 2008 - see<br /><span><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=345">http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=345</a></span>.<br /><br />"In response to a number of requests from organising teams, we have<br />agreed to put back the deadline to midnight UTC February 10th. We will<br />aim to open the community voting process a few days later, and announce the winning bid on March 1st.<br /><br />"We hope this will enable all teams to put forward their best possible<br />bid. Good luck and thanks to those working hard on their bids!"<br /><br />OOoCon has gained importance each year. But it remains a definitively community event, a place where those who know each each other through mail lists can finally meet--or meet again. And it's also, of course, the place where developers can present on the work they are doing, will do and want to do, as well as the place where business people come to learn more about OOo--and to promote their own works. Last year, in Barcelona, OOoCon lasted one day longer than usual, and I feel it wasn't long enough (and not just because I wanted to stay longer in Barcelona). I am sure that this coming year will be even more intense and interesting, and be the place where we can see what IBM, Redflag Ubuntu, Google, and others have been doing.<br /></content> + <author> + <name>oulipo</name> + <uri>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">ooo-speak</title> + <link rel="self" href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> + <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564</id> + <updated>2008-01-28T06:00:07+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry> <title type="html">OpenOffice.org on USB drives for students</title> <link href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/openofficeorg-on-usb-drives-for.html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-7359852120372251432</id> @@ -418,40 +454,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry> - <title type="html">Time's running out for OOoCon proposals</title> - <link href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/times-running-out-for-ooocon-proposals.html"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-6130316111917877759</id> - <updated>2008-01-21T17:59:47+00:00</updated> - <content type="html">The OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) is one of the most important, if not the most important event for the whole OpenOffice.org Community. It is our yearly gathering, our time for exchanging ideas and having a good time.<br /><br />Proposals for places where to hold the next OOoCon can still be made! The <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl.html">Call for Location</a> ends January 31st, 2008. Hosting OOoCon is challenging, rewarding, exhilarating, exhausting... and can provide a huge publicity boost for OpenOffice.org in the host country. There is no fixed date for OOoCon, although the past five conferences have been held in the autumn/fall.</content> - <author> - <name>floeff</name> - <uri>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog</title> - <link rel="self" href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632</id> - <updated>2008-01-28T00:00:11+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry> - <title type="html">OpenOffice.org at LinuxTag</title> - <link href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/openofficeorg-at-linuxtag.html"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-2188366616816802325</id> - <updated>2008-01-21T17:31:25+00:00</updated> - <content type="html">Another important event where OpenOffice.org will be present is the <a href="http://www.linuxtag.org/">LinuxTag</a> in Berlin. OpenOffice.org will have its own track for lectures there, where members of the community can talk about various topics on OpenOffice.org. Details will be announced shortly, so stay tuned!</content> - <author> - <name>floeff</name> - <uri>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog</title> - <link rel="self" href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632</id> - <updated>2008-01-28T00:00:11+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.15&r2=1.16 Delta lines: +22 -19 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-01-27 23:56:46+0000 1.15 +++ index.html 2008-01-28 05:56:41+0000 1.16 @@ -33,9 +33,19 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: January 28, 2008 12:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: January 28, 2008 06:00 AM GMT</em></p> <h2>January 27, 2008</h2> +<h3><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/"; title="ooo-speak">Louis Suarez-Potts</a></h3> +<h4><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-ms-office-for-mac-2008-fails-to.html";>Why MS Office for Mac 2008 fails to impress</a></h4> +<p> +To say that I was surprised to read Matt Asay's <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9852602-7.html?tag=more";>blog on CNet</a> extolling Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 is an understatement. Asay likes MS Office for Mac's UI and integration and despite its downsides, like the fact that it uses OOXML, not ODF, and does not synchronize with his Blackberry (or much else, though I'd guess it does fine with Microsoft products, but that's just a guess), he believes that the "upgrade was worth the price."<br /><br />Really? I guess when I think about an application I think, to be sure, about the pleasure of using it and whether it is easy to use. No one likes an application that obtrudes and prevents fluid thought (which is hard enough to get, anyway). <br /><br />But I also think about how my work using it will affect others. Would my colleague, for instance, be able to read what I send? Would I be able to read what they send me? How long can I trust the format to last? Ie, will I (or others) be able to freely access it decades from now? And this raises the question: Why would I want to use something that implicitly is exclusive? Sure, I use a Macintosh, but the work I do on it that is public employs free software and open standards, and that's where MS Office for Mac fails. Okay, I confess I have not personally tried out MS Office for Mac 2008--I cannot justify buying it--but I am aware that MS Office hasn't really changed from earlier versions in a crucial way: It still doesn't play well with others and in fact, as Matt admits, effectively forces the user to dive into the MS universe and close the door after him. That isolationist attitude is predicated, to be sure, on file format, but also on the philosophy of interoperation that differentiates MS's logic of development from Foss' and in particular OpenOffice.org's. <br /><br />Our philosophy is to work with others. We do not insist that our application must do everything. We do insist that it be open--use open source and open standards, so as to allow (and indeed encourage) effective interoperation of different applications, big and small. The result is that there is no real limit to OOo and the application ecosystem (on the desktop, on the Web) it centres. And there is a limit to what MS Office (and others of its ilk) can do.<br /><br />But can OOo match the UI that Matt loves so much? Yes. Can it also have the level of integration (or interoperation) that he likes? Yes. Okay, when? Well, 3.0 is slated for the end of summer, and when released, it will be able to work with Mozilla's <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/";>Lightning</a> calendaring application--which integrates with Thunderbird, the email client. And as OOo already supports lots of extensions and will support even more as time goes on, the wealth of options and tools can only increase. And most are likely to be free.<br /><br />Freedom here is not the price one pays for mediocre software. There is nothing mediocre about Mozilla, OpenOffice.org or so much other Foss. Freedom is rather the tool that underlies the working of superior software, and that includes making it as pleasurable to use as to develop.</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-ms-office-for-mac-2008-fails-to.html";>by oulipo at January 27, 2008 10:27 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h3><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/"; title="OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog">OOo Marketeers</a></h3> <h4><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/ooocon-2008-call-for-location-deadline.html";>OOoCon 2008 Call for Location - deadline extended</a></h4> <p> @@ -46,6 +56,17 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> +<h3><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/"; title="ooo-speak">Louis Suarez-Potts</a></h3> +<h4><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/01/deadline-for-ooocon-extended.html";>Deadline for OOoCon Extended</a></h4> +<p> +The deadline for OOoCon has been extended until 10 Feb. As John McCreesh (Marketing Lead) wrote, <br /><br />"Last month we set a deadline of January 31st for the receipt of<br />proposals for hosting the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference 2008 - see<br /><span><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=345";>http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=345</a></span>.<br /><br />"In response to a number of requests from organising teams, we have<br />agreed to put back the deadline to midnight UTC February 10th. We will<br />aim to open the community voting process a few days later, and announce the winning bid on March 1st.<br /><br />"We hope this will enable all teams to put forward their best possible<br />bid. Good luck and thanks to those working hard on their bids!"<br /><br />OOoCon has gained importance each year. But it remains a definitively community event, a place where those who know each each other through mail lists can finally meet--or meet again. And it's also, of course, the place where developers can present on the work they are doing, will do and want to do, as well as the place where business people come to learn more about OOo--and to promote their own works. Last year, in Barcelona, OOoCon lasted one day longer than usual, and I feel it wasn't long enough (and not just because I wanted to stay longer in Barcelona). I am sure that this coming year will be even more intense and interesting, and be the place where we can see what IBM, Redflag Ubuntu, Google, and others have been doing.<br /></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/01/deadline-for-ooocon-extended.html";>by oulipo at January 27, 2008 09:51 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> +<h3><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/"; title="OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog">OOo Marketeers</a></h3> <h4><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/openofficeorg-on-usb-drives-for.html";>OpenOffice.org on USB drives for students</a></h4> <p> A German school compiled a USB drive with OpenOffice.org and various other tools and, supported by donations, gives them away to their students. Read more on this project on their <a href="http://www.aventinus-gymnasium.de/ereignisse/07-08/digitale_schultasche/digitale_schultasche.htm";>website</a>.</p> @@ -296,24 +317,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h4><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/times-running-out-for-ooocon-proposals.html";>Time's running out for OOoCon proposals</a></h4> -<p> -The OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) is one of the most important, if not the most important event for the whole OpenOffice.org Community. It is our yearly gathering, our time for exchanging ideas and having a good time.<br /><br />Proposals for places where to hold the next OOoCon can still be made! The <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl.html";>Call for Location</a> ends January 31st, 2008. Hosting OOoCon is challenging, rewarding, exhilarating, exhausting... and can provide a huge publicity boost for OpenOffice.org in the host country. There is no fixed date for OOoCon, although the past five conferences have been held in the autumn/fall.</p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/times-running-out-for-ooocon-proposals.html";>by floeff at January 21, 2008 05:59 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h4><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/openofficeorg-at-linuxtag.html";>OpenOffice.org at LinuxTag</a></h4> -<p> -Another important event where OpenOffice.org will be present is the <a href="http://www.linuxtag.org/";>LinuxTag</a> in Berlin. OpenOffice.org will have its own track for lectures there, where members of the community can talk about various topics on OpenOffice.org. Details will be announced shortly, so stay tuned!</p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/openofficeorg-at-linuxtag.html";>by floeff at January 21, 2008 05:31 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a> <p><em>Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.15&r2=1.16 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-01-27 23:56:46+0000 1.15 +++ opml.xml 2008-01-28 05:56:41+0000 1.16 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:16 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:00:11 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Marketing Project</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</ownerEmail> </head> File [changed]: rss10.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml?r1=1.5&r2=1.6 Delta lines: +16 -16 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-01-27 23:56:46+0000 1.5 +++ rss10.xml 2008-01-28 05:56:41+0000 1.6 @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-1272335188729772980" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-3285221966665692277" /> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-2165843032578577385" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-7359852120372251432" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/01/27/linux-is-2008-the-year-of-the-desktop/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-4861095550710539718" /> @@ -31,12 +33,17 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-8582861332701860534" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/723"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-1307071900979058317" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-6130316111917877759" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-2188366616816802325" /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-1272335188729772980"> + <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: Why MS Office for Mac 2008 fails to impress</title> + <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-ms-office-for-mac-2008-fails-to.html</link> + <content:encoded>To say that I was surprised to read Matt Asay's <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9852602-7.html?tag=more">blog on CNet</a> extolling Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 is an understatement. Asay likes MS Office for Mac's UI and integration and despite its downsides, like the fact that it uses OOXML, not ODF, and does not synchronize with his Blackberry (or much else, though I'd guess it does fine with Microsoft products, but that's just a guess), he believes that the "upgrade was worth the price."<br /><br />Really? I guess when I think about an application I think, to be sure, about the pleasure of using it and whether it is easy to use. No one likes an application that obtrudes and prevents fluid thought (which is hard enough to get, anyway). <br /><br />But I also think about how my work using it will affect others. Would my colleague, for instance, be able to read what I send? Would I be able to read what they send me? How long can I trust the format to last? Ie, will I (or others) be able to freely access it decades from now? And this raises the question: Why would I want to use something that implicitly is exclusive? Sure, I use a Macintosh, but the work I do on it that is public employs free software and open standards, and that's where MS Office for Mac fails. Okay, I confess I have not personally tried out MS Office for Mac 2008--I cannot justify buying it--but I am aware that MS Office hasn't really changed from earlier versions in a crucial way: It still doesn't play well with others and in fact, as Matt admits, effectively forces the user to dive into the MS universe and close the door after him. That isolationist attitude is predicated, to be sure, on file format, but also on the philosophy of interoperation that differentiates MS's logic of development from Foss' and in particular OpenOffice.org's. <br /><br />Our philosophy is to work with others. We do not insist that our application must do everything. We do insist that it be open--use open source and open standards, so as to allow (and indeed encourage) effective interoperation of different applications, big and small. The result is that there is no real limit to OOo and the application ecosystem (on the desktop, on the Web) it centres. And there is a limit to what MS Office (and others of its ilk) can do.<br /><br />But can OOo match the UI that Matt loves so much? Yes. Can it also have the level of integration (or interoperation) that he likes? Yes. Okay, when? Well, 3.0 is slated for the end of summer, and when released, it will be able to work with Mozilla's <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/">Lightning</a> calendaring application--which integrates with Thunderbird, the email client. And as OOo already supports lots of extensions and will support even more as time goes on, the wealth of options and tools can only increase. And most are likely to be free.<br /><br />Freedom here is not the price one pays for mediocre software. There is nothing mediocre about Mozilla, OpenOffice.org or so much other Foss. Freedom is rather the tool that underlies the working of superior software, and that includes making it as pleasurable to use as to develop.</content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-01-27T22:27:54+00:00</dc:date> + <dc:creator>oulipo</dc:creator> +</item> <item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-3285221966665692277"> <title>OOo Marketeers: OOoCon 2008 Call for Location - deadline extended</title> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/ooocon-2008-call-for-location-deadline.html</link> @@ -44,6 +51,13 @@ <dc:date>2008-01-27T22:17:07+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>floeff</dc:creator> </item> +<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-2165843032578577385"> + <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: Deadline for OOoCon Extended</title> + <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/01/deadline-for-ooocon-extended.html</link> + <content:encoded>The deadline for OOoCon has been extended until 10 Feb. As John McCreesh (Marketing Lead) wrote, <br /><br />"Last month we set a deadline of January 31st for the receipt of<br />proposals for hosting the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference 2008 - see<br /><span><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=345">http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=345</a></span>.<br /><br />"In response to a number of requests from organising teams, we have<br />agreed to put back the deadline to midnight UTC February 10th. We will<br />aim to open the community voting process a few days later, and announce the winning bid on March 1st.<br /><br />"We hope this will enable all teams to put forward their best possible<br />bid. Good luck and thanks to those working hard on their bids!"<br /><br />OOoCon has gained importance each year. But it remains a definitively community event, a place where those who know each each other through mail lists can finally meet--or meet again. And it's also, of course, the place where developers can present on the work they are doing, will do and want to do, as well as the place where business people come to learn more about OOo--and to promote their own works. Last year, in Barcelona, OOoCon lasted one day longer than usual, and I feel it wasn't long enough (and not just because I wanted to stay longer in Barcelona). I am sure that this coming year will be even more intense and interesting, and be the place where we can see what IBM, Redflag Ubuntu, Google, and others have been doing.<br /></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-01-27T21:51:32+00:00</dc:date> + <dc:creator>oulipo</dc:creator> +</item> <item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-7359852120372251432"> <title>OOo Marketeers: OpenOffice.org on USB drives for students</title> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/openofficeorg-on-usb-drives-for.html</link> @@ -234,19 +248,5 @@ <dc:date>2008-01-21T22:29:45+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>floeff</dc:creator> </item> -<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-6130316111917877759"> - <title>OOo Marketeers: Time's running out for OOoCon proposals</title> - <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/times-running-out-for-ooocon-proposals.html</link> - <content:encoded>The OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) is one of the most important, if not the most important event for the whole OpenOffice.org Community. It is our yearly gathering, our time for exchanging ideas and having a good time.<br /><br />Proposals for places where to hold the next OOoCon can still be made! The <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl.html">Call for Location</a> ends January 31st, 2008. Hosting OOoCon is challenging, rewarding, exhilarating, exhausting... and can provide a huge publicity boost for OpenOffice.org in the host country. There is no fixed date for OOoCon, although the past five conferences have been held in the autumn/fall.</content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-01-21T17:59:47+00:00</dc:date> - <dc:creator>floeff</dc:creator> -</item> -<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-2188366616816802325"> - <title>OOo Marketeers: OpenOffice.org at LinuxTag</title> - <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/openofficeorg-at-linuxtag.html</link> - <content:encoded>Another important event where OpenOffice.org will be present is the <a href="http://www.linuxtag.org/">LinuxTag</a> in Berlin. OpenOffice.org will have its own track for lectures there, where members of the community can talk about various topics on OpenOffice.org. Details will be announced shortly, so stay tuned!</content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-01-21T17:31:25+00:00</dc:date> - <dc:creator>floeff</dc:creator> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.5&r2=1.6 Delta lines: +14 -14 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2008-01-27 23:56:46+0000 1.5 +++ rss20.xml 2008-01-28 05:56:41+0000 1.6 @@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: Why MS Office for Mac 2008 fails to impress</title> + <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-1272335188729772980</guid> + <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-ms-office-for-mac-2008-fails-to.html</link> + <description>To say that I was surprised to read Matt Asay's <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9852602-7.html?tag=more">blog on CNet</a> extolling Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 is an understatement. Asay likes MS Office for Mac's UI and integration and despite its downsides, like the fact that it uses OOXML, not ODF, and does not synchronize with his Blackberry (or much else, though I'd guess it does fine with Microsoft products, but that's just a guess), he believes that the "upgrade was worth the price."<br /><br />Really? I guess when I think about an application I think, to be sure, about the pleasure of using it and whether it is easy to use. No one likes an application that obtrudes and prevents fluid thought (which is hard enough to get, anyway). <br /><br />But I also think about how my work using it will affect others. Would my colleague, for instance, be able to read what I send? Would I be able to read what they send me? How long can I trust the format to last? Ie, will I (or others) be able to freely access it decades from now? And this raises the question: Why would I want to use something that implicitly is exclusive? Sure, I use a Macintosh, but the work I do on it that is public employs free software and open standards, and that's where MS Office for Mac fails. Okay, I confess I have not personally tried out MS Office for Mac 2008--I cannot justify buying it--but I am aware that MS Office hasn't really changed from earlier versions in a crucial way: It still doesn't play well with others and in fact, as Matt admits, effectively forces the user to dive into the MS universe and close the door after him. That isolationist attitude is predicated, to be sure, on file format, but also on the philosophy of interoperation that differentiates MS's logic of development from Foss' and in particular OpenOffice.org's. <br /><br />Our philosophy is to work with others. We do not insist that our application must do everything. We do insist that it be open--use open source and open standards, so as to allow (and indeed encourage) effective interoperation of different applications, big and small. The result is that there is no real limit to OOo and the application ecosystem (on the desktop, on the Web) it centres. And there is a limit to what MS Office (and others of its ilk) can do.<br /><br />But can OOo match the UI that Matt loves so much? Yes. Can it also have the level of integration (or interoperation) that he likes? Yes. Okay, when? Well, 3.0 is slated for the end of summer, and when released, it will be able to work with Mozilla's <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/">Lightning</a> calendaring application--which integrates with Thunderbird, the email client. And as OOo already supports lots of extensions and will support even more as time goes on, the wealth of options and tools can only increase. And most are likely to be free.<br /><br />Freedom here is not the price one pays for mediocre software. There is nothing mediocre about Mozilla, OpenOffice.org or so much other Foss. Freedom is rather the tool that underlies the working of superior software, and that includes making it as pleasurable to use as to develop.</description> + <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:27:54 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>OOo Marketeers: OOoCon 2008 Call for Location - deadline extended</title> <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-3285221966665692277</guid> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/ooocon-2008-call-for-location-deadline.html</link> @@ -15,6 +22,13 @@ <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:17:07 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> + <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: Deadline for OOoCon Extended</title> + <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-2165843032578577385</guid> + <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/01/deadline-for-ooocon-extended.html</link> + <description>The deadline for OOoCon has been extended until 10 Feb. As John McCreesh (Marketing Lead) wrote, <br /><br />"Last month we set a deadline of January 31st for the receipt of<br />proposals for hosting the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference 2008 - see<br /><span><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=345">http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=345</a></span>.<br /><br />"In response to a number of requests from organising teams, we have<br />agreed to put back the deadline to midnight UTC February 10th. We will<br />aim to open the community voting process a few days later, and announce the winning bid on March 1st.<br /><br />"We hope this will enable all teams to put forward their best possible<br />bid. Good luck and thanks to those working hard on their bids!"<br /><br />OOoCon has gained importance each year. But it remains a definitively community event, a place where those who know each each other through mail lists can finally meet--or meet again. And it's also, of course, the place where developers can present on the work they are doing, will do and want to do, as well as the place where business people come to learn more about OOo--and to promote their own works. Last year, in Barcelona, OOoCon lasted one day longer than usual, and I feel it wasn't long enough (and not just because I wanted to stay longer in Barcelona). I am sure that this coming year will be even more intense and interesting, and be the place where we can see what IBM, Redflag Ubuntu, Google, and others have been doing.<br /></description> + <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:51:32 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>OOo Marketeers: OpenOffice.org on USB drives for students</title> <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-7359852120372251432</guid> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/openofficeorg-on-usb-drives-for.html</link> @@ -211,20 +225,6 @@ <description>Today, the German press issued a series of articles regarding the release of OpenOffice.org 3.0. The digest of all these articles is that 3.0 has been "officially delayed" from summer to fall. Basically, that's not correct. In the development of every application, internal timelines are being set and changed, especially when the estimated release date is far in the future. Thus, I'd never issued any official statement yet on when OpenOffice.org 3.0 will be released and what features it will contain. There is still a lot to be determined.<br /><br />We <strong>expect</strong> OpenOffice.org 3.0 to be ready by the mid of September, but this is not a fixed date, only an estimation. The same goes for the feature set. Be ensured that we'll keep you up to date as soon as we have more detailed and secured information. We're as excited to see 3.0 as you are!</description> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:29:45 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>OOo Marketeers: Time's running out for OOoCon proposals</title> - <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-6130316111917877759</guid> - <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/times-running-out-for-ooocon-proposals.html</link> - <description>The OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) is one of the most important, if not the most important event for the whole OpenOffice.org Community. It is our yearly gathering, our time for exchanging ideas and having a good time.<br /><br />Proposals for places where to hold the next OOoCon can still be made! The <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl.html">Call for Location</a> ends January 31st, 2008. Hosting OOoCon is challenging, rewarding, exhilarating, exhausting... and can provide a huge publicity boost for OpenOffice.org in the host country. There is no fixed date for OOoCon, although the past five conferences have been held in the autumn/fall.</description> - <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:59:47 +0000</pubDate> -</item> -<item> - <title>OOo Marketeers: OpenOffice.org at LinuxTag</title> - <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-2188366616816802325</guid> - <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/01/openofficeorg-at-linuxtag.html</link> - <description>Another important event where OpenOffice.org will be present is the <a href="http://www.linuxtag.org/">LinuxTag</a> in Berlin. OpenOffice.org will have its own track for lectures there, where members of the community can talk about various topics on OpenOffice.org. Details will be announced shortly, so stay tuned!</description> - <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:31:25 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
