User: jpmcc Date: 2008-02-16 06:00:26+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 Sat Feb 16 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=1.96&r2=1.97 Delta lines: +29 -28 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-02-16 00:00:33+0000 1.96 +++ atom.xml 2008-02-16 06:00:23+0000 1.97 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <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>2008-02-16T00:00:27+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-02-16T06:00:17+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry> @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ <link href="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=168"/> <id>http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=168</id> <updated>2008-02-15T13:42:04+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/1-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/%3Fp%3D168&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">TechRepublic,&nbsp;KY&nbsp;-</font> 10 hours ago</font><br /><font size="-1">It makes no difference to GPG what type of file you are encrypting; it can be binary just as well as text, or an <b>OpenOffice</b>.org spreadsheet. <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content> + <content type="html"><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/1-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/%3Fp%3D168&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">TechRepublic,&nbsp;KY&nbsp;-</font> 16 hours ago</font><br /><font size="-1">It makes no difference to GPG what type of file you are encrypting; it can be binary just as well as text, or an <b>OpenOffice</b>.org spreadsheet. <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content> <author> <name>Google Inc.</name> <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">OpenOffice - Google News</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=OpenOffice&ie=UTF-8&output=atom"/> <id>http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=OpenOffice&ie=UTF-8&output=atom</id> - <updated>2008-02-16T00:00:21+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-02-16T06:00:14+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">&amp;copy;2008 Google</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ <link href="http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx?docid=9525"/> <id>http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx?docid=9525</id> <updated>2008-02-14T00:00:31+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/0-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx%3Fdocid%3D9525&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, <b>OpenOffice</b>, and others <b>...</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Accounting Software 411 (press release),&nbsp;CA&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">Believe it or not the spreadsheet was the first &quot;killer app&quot; for the PC. The original electronic spreadsheet was VisiCalc and then, shortly after, <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content> + <content type="html"><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/0-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx%3Fdocid%3D9525&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, <b>OpenOffice</b>, and others <b>...</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Accounting Software 411 (press release),&nbsp;CA&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">Believe it or not the spreadsheet was the first &quot;killer app&quot; for the PC. The original electronic spreadsheet was VisiCalc and then, shortly after, <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content> <author> <name>Google Inc.</name> <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email> @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">OpenOffice - Google News</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=OpenOffice&ie=UTF-8&output=atom"/> <id>http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=OpenOffice&ie=UTF-8&output=atom</id> - <updated>2008-02-16T00:00:21+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-02-16T06:00:14+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">&amp;copy;2008 Google</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ <link href="http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=22044"/> <id>tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=437d241e</id> <updated>2008-02-13T17:33:31+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/3-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22044&amp;cid=1132274718&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">&quot;We don't tie ourselves into <b>OpenOffice</b>,&quot; said Dr. Ian Howells, Alfresco's chief marketing officer. &quot;The critical thing is to have an open approach to the <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content> + <content type="html"><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/2-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22044&amp;cid=1132274718&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">&quot;We don't tie ourselves into <b>OpenOffice</b>,&quot; said Dr. Ian Howells, Alfresco's chief marketing officer. &quot;The critical thing is to have an open approach to the <b>...</b></font><br /><font><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/2-1&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22062&amp;cid=1132274718&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Survey: Half 'Have No Plans' To Deploy Vista</a> <font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine</font></font><br /></font><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1132274718">all 9 news articles</a></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content> <author> <name>Google Inc.</name> <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email> @@ -276,28 +276,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">OpenOffice - Google News</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=OpenOffice&ie=UTF-8&output=atom"/> <id>http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=OpenOffice&ie=UTF-8&output=atom</id> - <updated>2008-02-16T00:00:21+00:00</updated> - <rights type="html">&amp;copy;2008 Google</rights> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">Sun spots virtual opportunity to stifle VMWare - Inquirer</title> - <link href="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past"/> - <id>http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past</id> - <updated>2008-02-13T13:45:09+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/9-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Sun spots virtual opportunity to stifle VMWare</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Inquirer,&nbsp;UK&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">By Fernando Cassia: Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 1:30 PM SUNNY CALIFORNIAN firm Sun Microsystems of Java and <b>OpenOffice</b>.org fame announced yesterday its <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content> - <author> - <name>Google Inc.</name> - <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email> - <uri>http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=OpenOffice&ie=ISO-8859-1</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">OpenOffice - Google News</title> - <subtitle type="html">OpenOffice - Google News</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=OpenOffice&ie=UTF-8&output=atom"/> - <id>http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=OpenOffice&ie=UTF-8&output=atom</id> - <updated>2008-02-16T00:00:21+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-02-16T06:00:14+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">&amp;copy;2008 Google</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -451,4 +430,26 @@ </source> </entry> + <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Last orders pleaseâ¦</title> + <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/08/last-orders-please/"/> + <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/08/last-orders-please/</id> + <updated>2008-02-08T20:56:18+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p><img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/ooocon.png" class="alignright" alt="Conference logo" />Back in December <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=345">we announced</a> that the <a href="http://why.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org Community</a> was <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl.html">inviting bids</a> to host the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference - <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/">OOoCon</a> - in 2008. This practice of awarding a conference to a completely different team every year would be considered highly risky in the commercial world, but works well for some of the best open-source conferences - such as <a href="http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/267870/fdf08689cd14f3e4/">linux.conf.au</a>. Each team has a chance to do something unique, reflecting their own local identity and experience of OpenOffice.org.</p> +<p>For the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org Marketing Project</a>, it&#8217;s a wonderful gamble: who will bid? will <em>anyone</em> bid? what if the only bid is from a remote Pacific island with no airport? To add to the uncertainty, the final choice of location depends on a vote of community members&#8230; possibly the least predictable body of electors anywhere in the world <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> +<p>As the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=349">deadline for this year&#8217;s entries</a> draws near, one team has already lodged its bid, and I&#8217;ve just emailed reminders to three others I know about. At the moment it looks like two entries from Europe, and two from Asia, which would make for a fascinating vote.</p> +<p>But for all I know, there could be more teams busy typing away now. By Monday morning, we&#8217;ll know for sure - until then, all bets are off!</p></content> + <author> + <name>John McCreesh</name> + <uri>http://www.mealldubh.org</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org</title> + <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed"/> + <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed</id> + <updated>2008-02-16T00:00:06+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.96&r2=1.97 Delta lines: +21 -18 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-02-16 00:00:33+0000 1.96 +++ index.html 2008-02-16 06:00:23+0000 1.97 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ <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: February 16, 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: February 16, 2008 06:00 AM GMT</em></p> <h2>February 15, 2008</h2> <h3> @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG - TechRepublic</a> </h3> <p> -<font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&ct=uk/1-0&fd=A&url=http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/%3Fp%3D168&cid=0&ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA";>Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">TechRepublic, KY -</font> 10 hours ago</font><br /><font size="-1">It makes no difference to GPG what type of file you are encrypting; it can be binary just as well as text, or an <b>OpenOffice</b>.org spreadsheet. <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></p> +<font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&ct=uk/1-0&fd=A&url=http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/%3Fp%3D168&cid=0&ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ";>Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">TechRepublic, KY -</font> 16 hours ago</font><br /><font size="-1">It makes no difference to GPG what type of file you are encrypting; it can be binary just as well as text, or an <b>OpenOffice</b>.org spreadsheet. <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></p> <p> <em><a href="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=168";>February 15, 2008 01:42 PM GMT</a></em> </p> @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, OpenOffice, and others ... - Accounting Software 411 (press release)</a> </h3> <p> -<font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&ct=uk/0-0&fd=A&url=http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx%3Fdocid%3D9525&cid=0&ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA";>Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, <b>OpenOffice</b>, and others <b>...</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Accounting Software 411 (press release), CA -</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">Believe it or not the spreadsheet was the first "killer app" for the PC. The original electronic spreadsheet was VisiCalc and then, shortly after, <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></p> +<font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&ct=uk/0-0&fd=A&url=http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx%3Fdocid%3D9525&cid=0&ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ";>Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, <b>OpenOffice</b>, and others <b>...</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Accounting Software 411 (press release), CA -</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">Believe it or not the spreadsheet was the first "killer app" for the PC. The original electronic spreadsheet was VisiCalc and then, shortly after, <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></p> <p> <em><a href="http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx?docid=9525";>February 14, 2008 12:00 AM GMT</a></em> </p> @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices - ADT Magazine</a> </h3> <p> -<font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&ct=uk/3-0&fd=A&url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22044&cid=1132274718&ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA";>Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine -</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">"We don't tie ourselves into <b>OpenOffice</b>," said Dr. Ian Howells, Alfresco's chief marketing officer. "The critical thing is to have an open approach to the <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></p> +<font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&ct=uk/2-0&fd=A&url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22044&cid=1132274718&ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ";>Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine -</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">"We don't tie ourselves into <b>OpenOffice</b>," said Dr. Ian Howells, Alfresco's chief marketing officer. "The critical thing is to have an open approach to the <b>...</b></font><br /><font><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&ct=uk/2-1&fd=A&url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22062&cid=1132274718&ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ";>Survey: Half 'Have No Plans' To Deploy Vista</a> <font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine</font></font><br /></font><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&ncl=1132274718";>all 9 news articles</a></font></div></td></tr></table></font></p> <p> <em><a href="http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=22044";>February 13, 2008 05:33 PM GMT</a></em> </p> @@ -250,20 +250,6 @@ <hr /> <br /> <h3> -<a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=OpenOffice&ie=ISO-8859-1"; title="OpenOffice - Google News"> -Google News</a> : -<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past";> -Sun spots virtual opportunity to stifle VMWare - Inquirer</a> -</h3> -<p> -<font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&ct=uk/9-0&fd=A&url=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past&cid=0&ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA";>Sun spots virtual opportunity to stifle VMWare</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Inquirer, UK -</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">By Fernando Cassia: Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 1:30 PM SUNNY CALIFORNIAN firm Sun Microsystems of Java and <b>OpenOffice</b>.org fame announced yesterday its <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past";>February 13, 2008 01:45 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h3> <a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/"; title="OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog"> OOo Marketeers</a> : <a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/02/voting-for-ooocon-starts-this-friday.html";> @@ -385,6 +371,23 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> +John McCreesh</a> : +<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/08/last-orders-please/";> +Last orders pleaseâ¦</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p><img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/ooocon.png"; class="alignright" alt="Conference logo" />Back in December <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=345";>we announced</a> that the <a href="http://why.openoffice.org";>OpenOffice.org Community</a> was <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl.html";>inviting bids</a> to host the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference - <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/";>OOoCon</a> - in 2008. This practice of awarding a conference to a completely different team every year would be considered highly risky in the commercial world, but works well for some of the best open-source conferences - such as <a href="http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/267870/fdf08689cd14f3e4/";>linux.conf.au</a>. Each team has a chance to do something unique, reflecting their own local identity and experience of OpenOffice.org.</p> +<p>For the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org";>OpenOffice.org Marketing Project</a>, it’s a wonderful gamble: who will bid? will <em>anyone</em> bid? what if the only bid is from a remote Pacific island with no airport? To add to the uncertainty, the final choice of location depends on a vote of community members… possibly the least predictable body of electors anywhere in the world <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"; alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> +<p>As the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=349";>deadline for this year’s entries</a> draws near, one team has already lodged its bid, and I’ve just emailed reminders to three others I know about. At the moment it looks like two entries from Europe, and two from Asia, which would make for a fascinating vote.</p> +<p>But for all I know, there could be more teams busy typing away now. By Monday morning, we’ll know for sure - until then, all bets are off!</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/08/last-orders-please/";>by John at February 08, 2008 08:56 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=1.96&r2=1.97 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-02-16 00:00:33+0000 1.96 +++ opml.xml 2008-02-16 06:00:24+0000 1.97 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:28 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:00:18 +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=1.85&r2=1.86 Delta lines: +13 -10 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-02-16 00:00:33+0000 1.85 +++ rss10.xml 2008-02-16 06:00:24+0000 1.86 @@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-6084095120427206218" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx?docid=9525"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=437d241e" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-5746130078732948760" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/13/fair-votes/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-7062951793332877906" /> @@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/737"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/10/and-then-there-were-six/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-6419378743296976073" /> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/08/last-orders-please/"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ <item rdf:about="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=168";> <title>Google News: Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG - TechRepublic</title> <link>http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=168</link> - <content:encoded><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/1-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/%3Fp%3D168&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">TechRepublic,&nbsp;KY&nbsp;-</font> 10 hours ago</font><br /><font size="-1">It makes no difference to GPG what type of file you are encrypting; it can be binary just as well as text, or an <b>OpenOffice</b>.org spreadsheet. <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content:encoded> + <content:encoded><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/1-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/%3Fp%3D168&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">TechRepublic,&nbsp;KY&nbsp;-</font> 16 hours ago</font><br /><font size="-1">It makes no difference to GPG what type of file you are encrypting; it can be binary just as well as text, or an <b>OpenOffice</b>.org spreadsheet. <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content:encoded> <dc:date>2008-02-15T13:42:04+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item rdf:about="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/dutch_government_isv_adds_odf";> @@ -145,21 +145,15 @@ <item rdf:about="http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx?docid=9525";> <title>Google News: Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, OpenOffice, and others ... - Accounting Software 411 (press release)</title> <link>http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx?docid=9525</link> - <content:encoded><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/0-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx%3Fdocid%3D9525&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, <b>OpenOffice</b>, and others <b>...</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Accounting Software 411 (press release),&nbsp;CA&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">Believe it or not the spreadsheet was the first &quot;killer app&quot; for the PC. The original electronic spreadsheet was VisiCalc and then, shortly after, <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content:encoded> + <content:encoded><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/0-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx%3Fdocid%3D9525&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, <b>OpenOffice</b>, and others <b>...</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Accounting Software 411 (press release),&nbsp;CA&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">Believe it or not the spreadsheet was the first &quot;killer app&quot; for the PC. The original electronic spreadsheet was VisiCalc and then, shortly after, <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content:encoded> <dc:date>2008-02-14T00:00:31+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item rdf:about="tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=437d241e"> <title>Google News: Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices - ADT Magazine</title> <link>http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=22044</link> - <content:encoded><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/3-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22044&amp;cid=1132274718&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">&quot;We don't tie ourselves into <b>OpenOffice</b>,&quot; said Dr. Ian Howells, Alfresco's chief marketing officer. &quot;The critical thing is to have an open approach to the <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content:encoded> + <content:encoded><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/2-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22044&amp;cid=1132274718&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">&quot;We don't tie ourselves into <b>OpenOffice</b>,&quot; said Dr. Ian Howells, Alfresco's chief marketing officer. &quot;The critical thing is to have an open approach to the <b>...</b></font><br /><font><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/2-1&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22062&amp;cid=1132274718&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Survey: Half 'Have No Plans' To Deploy Vista</a> <font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine</font></font><br /></font><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1132274718">all 9 news articles</a></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content:encoded> <dc:date>2008-02-13T17:33:31+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past";> - <title>Google News: Sun spots virtual opportunity to stifle VMWare - Inquirer</title> - <link>http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past</link> - <content:encoded><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/9-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Sun spots virtual opportunity to stifle VMWare</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Inquirer,&nbsp;UK&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">By Fernando Cassia: Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 1:30 PM SUNNY CALIFORNIAN firm Sun Microsystems of Java and <b>OpenOffice</b>.org fame announced yesterday its <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-02-13T13:45:09+00:00</dc:date> -</item> <item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-5746130078732948760"> <title>OOo Marketeers: Voting for OOoCon starts this Friday</title> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/02/voting-for-ooocon-starts-this-friday.html</link> @@ -226,5 +220,14 @@ <dc:date>2008-02-08T21:14:07+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>floeff</dc:creator> </item> +<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/08/last-orders-please/";> + <title>John McCreesh: Last orders pleaseâ¦</title> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/08/last-orders-please/</link> + <content:encoded><p><img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/ooocon.png" class="alignright" alt="Conference logo" />Back in December <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=345">we announced</a> that the <a href="http://why.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org Community</a> was <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl.html">inviting bids</a> to host the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference - <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/">OOoCon</a> - in 2008. This practice of awarding a conference to a completely different team every year would be considered highly risky in the commercial world, but works well for some of the best open-source conferences - such as <a href="http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/267870/fdf08689cd14f3e4/">linux.conf.au</a>. Each team has a chance to do something unique, reflecting their own local identity and experience of OpenOffice.org.</p> +<p>For the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org Marketing Project</a>, it&#8217;s a wonderful gamble: who will bid? will <em>anyone</em> bid? what if the only bid is from a remote Pacific island with no airport? To add to the uncertainty, the final choice of location depends on a vote of community members&#8230; possibly the least predictable body of electors anywhere in the world <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> +<p>As the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=349">deadline for this year&#8217;s entries</a> draws near, one team has already lodged its bid, and I&#8217;ve just emailed reminders to three others I know about. At the moment it looks like two entries from Europe, and two from Asia, which would make for a fascinating vote.</p> +<p>But for all I know, there could be more teams busy typing away now. By Monday morning, we&#8217;ll know for sure - until then, all bets are off!</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-02-08T20:56:18+00:00</dc:date> +</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.85&r2=1.86 Delta lines: +13 -10 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2008-02-16 00:00:34+0000 1.85 +++ rss20.xml 2008-02-16 06:00:24+0000 1.86 @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ <title>Google News: Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG - TechRepublic</title> <guid>http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=168</guid> <link>http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=168</link> - <description><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/1-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/%3Fp%3D168&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">TechRepublic,&nbsp;KY&nbsp;-</font> 10 hours ago</font><br /><font size="-1">It makes no difference to GPG what type of file you are encrypting; it can be binary just as well as text, or an <b>OpenOffice</b>.org spreadsheet. <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></description> + <description><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/1-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/%3Fp%3D168&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Encrypting and decrypting files with GnuPG</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">TechRepublic,&nbsp;KY&nbsp;-</font> 16 hours ago</font><br /><font size="-1">It makes no difference to GPG what type of file you are encrypting; it can be binary just as well as text, or an <b>OpenOffice</b>.org spreadsheet. <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></description> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:42:04 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> @@ -122,24 +122,17 @@ <title>Google News: Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, OpenOffice, and others ... - Accounting Software 411 (press release)</title> <guid>http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx?docid=9525</guid> <link>http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx?docid=9525</link> - <description><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/0-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx%3Fdocid%3D9525&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, <b>OpenOffice</b>, and others <b>...</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Accounting Software 411 (press release),&nbsp;CA&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">Believe it or not the spreadsheet was the first &quot;killer app&quot; for the PC. The original electronic spreadsheet was VisiCalc and then, shortly after, <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></description> + <description><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/0-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/Press/PressDocView.aspx%3Fdocid%3D9525&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Radical Cells: Free spreadsheets? Google, <b>OpenOffice</b>, and others <b>...</b></a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Accounting Software 411 (press release),&nbsp;CA&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">Believe it or not the spreadsheet was the first &quot;killer app&quot; for the PC. The original electronic spreadsheet was VisiCalc and then, shortly after, <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></description> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Google News: Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices - ADT Magazine</title> <guid>tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=437d241e</guid> <link>http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=22044</link> - <description><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/3-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22044&amp;cid=1132274718&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">&quot;We don't tie ourselves into <b>OpenOffice</b>,&quot; said Dr. Ian Howells, Alfresco's chief marketing officer. &quot;The critical thing is to have an open approach to the <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></description> + <description><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/2-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22044&amp;cid=1132274718&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Alfresco Survey Polls Enterprise Stack Practices</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">&quot;We don't tie ourselves into <b>OpenOffice</b>,&quot; said Dr. Ian Howells, Alfresco's chief marketing officer. &quot;The critical thing is to have an open approach to the <b>...</b></font><br /><font><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/2-1&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D22062&amp;cid=1132274718&amp;ei=7Xu2R-CJLo2koAOF-rXVBQ">Survey: Half 'Have No Plans' To Deploy Vista</a> <font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f">ADT Magazine</font></font><br /></font><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1132274718">all 9 news articles</a></font></div></td></tr></table></font></description> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:33:31 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> - <title>Google News: Sun spots virtual opportunity to stifle VMWare - Inquirer</title> - <guid>http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past</guid> - <link>http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past</link> - <description><font><table border="0" width="valign=top" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7"><tr><td valign="top" class="j"><br /><div><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=uk/9-0&amp;fd=A&amp;url=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/13/sun-micro-buys-virtualbox-company-with-os2-past&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=lCe2R4rrL5mmoAP1_szvCA">Sun spots virtual opportunity to stifle VMWare</a><br /><font size="-1"><font color="#6f6f6f">Inquirer,&nbsp;UK&nbsp;-</font> 13 Feb 2008</font><br /><font size="-1">By Fernando Cassia: Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 1:30 PM SUNNY CALIFORNIAN firm Sun Microsystems of Java and <b>OpenOffice</b>.org fame announced yesterday its <b>...</b></font></div></td></tr></table></font></description> - <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:45:09 +0000</pubDate> -</item> -<item> <title>OOo Marketeers: Voting for OOoCon starts this Friday</title> <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-5746130078732948760</guid> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/02/voting-for-ooocon-starts-this-friday.html</link> @@ -208,6 +201,16 @@ <description>Erwin Tenhumberg from Sun Microsystems writes about 'Eliminating the Software Tax', with information about the adoption of the ODF format. Read more about it at <a href="http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/498422.htm">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/498422.htm</a></description> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:14:07 +0000</pubDate> </item> +<item> + <title>John McCreesh: Last orders pleaseâ¦</title> + <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/08/last-orders-please/</guid> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/08/last-orders-please/</link> + <description><p><img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/ooocon.png" class="alignright" alt="Conference logo" />Back in December <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=345">we announced</a> that the <a href="http://why.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org Community</a> was <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl.html">inviting bids</a> to host the OpenOffice.org Annual Conference - <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference/">OOoCon</a> - in 2008. This practice of awarding a conference to a completely different team every year would be considered highly risky in the commercial world, but works well for some of the best open-source conferences - such as <a href="http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/267870/fdf08689cd14f3e4/">linux.conf.au</a>. Each team has a chance to do something unique, reflecting their own local identity and experience of OpenOffice.org.</p> +<p>For the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org Marketing Project</a>, it&#8217;s a wonderful gamble: who will bid? will <em>anyone</em> bid? what if the only bid is from a remote Pacific island with no airport? To add to the uncertainty, the final choice of location depends on a vote of community members&#8230; possibly the least predictable body of electors anywhere in the world <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> +<p>As the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&amp;msgNo=349">deadline for this year&#8217;s entries</a> draws near, one team has already lodged its bid, and I&#8217;ve just emailed reminders to three others I know about. At the moment it looks like two entries from Europe, and two from Asia, which would make for a fascinating vote.</p> +<p>But for all I know, there could be more teams busy typing away now. 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