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Log: Planet run at Thu Mar 6 00:00:01 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=1.168&r2=1.169 Delta lines: +27 -26 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-03-05 18:00:28+0000 1.168 +++ atom.xml 2008-03-06 00:00:27+0000 1.169 @@ -5,10 +5,36 @@ <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>2008-03-05T18:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-03-06T00:00:17+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Releasing OpenOffice.org⦠and a song</title> + <link href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/03/06/releasing-openofficeorg-and-a-song/"/> + <id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/03/06/releasing-openofficeorg-and-a-song/</id> + <updated>2008-03-05T22:05:47+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>Hear, hear ! OpenOffice.org should be released on the 13 of March 2008. That means&#8230; soon. I thought I would link to the list new features of this last major release of OpenOffice.org before the 3.0. In short, this release will allow direct PDF import and limited handling of PDF/A. Other improvements include new default fonts, zoom capabilities in Calc, but <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/New_Features_2.4#Release_notes">the actual list</a> is explaining all this much better than I do.The OpenOffice.org project is now busy working on the 3.0 branch, and there&#8217;s much excitement around it. I recommend reading <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/">the Sun OpenOffice.org team&#8217;s blog</a> for daily updates.</p> +<p>In other news the next OpenOffice.org will take place in Beijing next October. It will be interesting to see new people and contributors there; although I still have to check if I&#8217;ll be available in October.</p> +<p>Now, some not so unrelated news: I would like you to meet my friend Pieter. He&#8217;s a good friend of mine, leader of the Noooxml movement. He recently bought a guitar, and he is what some call a <span class="Apple-style-span">singer on a mission. </span>Some excerpts: </p> +<p> + +</p> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=50&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_50" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p></content> + <author> + <name>Charles Schulz</name> + <uri>http://standardsandfreedom.net</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards » OOo Postings</title> + <subtitle type="html">A weblog by Charles-H. Schulz.</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed"/> + <id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed</id> + <updated>2008-03-06T00:00:07+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">A remarkable post about the BRM</title> <link href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/245785332/"/> <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=451</id> @@ -737,29 +763,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">Choices for voters</title> - <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/25/choices-for-voters/"/> - <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/25/choices-for-voters/</id> - <updated>2008-02-25T21:22:47+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>Over the past week I have reviewed <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl">the six bids</a> to host the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference">OpenOffice.org Annual Conference</a> 2008 (OOoCon): <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/19/amsterdam-the-netherlands/">Amsterdam, The Netherlands</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/20/beijing-china/">Beijing, China</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/21/bratislava-slovakia/">Bratislava, Slovakia</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/22/budapest-hungary/">Budapest, Hungary</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/23/dundalk-ireland/">Dundalk, Ireland</a>; and <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/24/orvieto-italy/">Orvieto, Italy</a>. So, now for the all-important question: which is the one to vote for?</p> -<p>For people in Asia/Pacific, the chance to attend an OOoCon outside Europe may be too good to refuse. As OpenOffice.org is a truly international organisation, it doesn&#8217;t seem right that its premier event has never moved outside Europe - even though the biggest concentration of developers is in Europe. If OOoCon is to be held in <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/beijing.html">Beijing</a>, let&#8217;s hope that Sun management dig deep in their pockets to fund as many developers as possible to make the trip. If it helps to bring the China-based developers sponsored by RedFlag and IBM closer into the fold, and speeds up the adoption of their code in the main code base, then surely it will be money well spent.</p> -<p>But what sort of OOoCon will the Beijing team provide? From their proposal, I expect a highly professional, well organised, big city conference. We may even find all the hackers <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/270072/">turn up in suits</a>. But with commercial sponsors around - and let&#8217;s be honest, we couldn&#8217;t have OOoCon in its present form without them - there is always a danger that the real heart of OOo - the individual volunteer contributors - will get swamped. OOoCon needs to reflect the variety, diversity, and individuality of the OOo membership. Therein lies the challenge for the Beijing team.</p> -<p>So in the red corner, we have Beijing. In the blue corner, for people who can only travel to Europe, there is far more choice. Indeed, <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/13/fair-votes/">due to the voting system we have used</a>, this choice is likely to hand OOoCon to Beijing by default, unless all the European votes go to one destination. I must admit I was delighted when I saw a bid from <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/dundalk.html">Ireland,</a> just across the water from me. Irish hospitality is legendary, I&#8217;m sure the craic would have been tremendous, and if only they had secured <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7260000/newsid_7261500/7261526.stm?bw=bb&amp;mp=wm&amp;asb=1&amp;news=1&amp;bbcws=1">Dustin the Turkey to sing <em>Irelande Douze Points</em></a> at the opening ceremony there would have been no contest <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> -<p>In the absence of <em>Dustin</em>, from my analysis of the bids, I believe one European bid this year stands above the others, which is the bid from <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/orvieto.html">Italy</a>. I believe the combination of an experienced organising team, a delightful warm location, and a thriving local community would be hard to beat. I would urge anyone wanting an OOoCon in Europe this year to unite behind Orvieto. Remember that <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/vote.html">our voting system</a> allows a change of vote right up to the last minute. However, I don&#8217;t expect my advice to make the slightest difference to the result <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> -<p>Going forward, I believe that the increasing interest in hosting OOoCon means that we will have to change the way we award OOoCon in future. Some form of shortlisting would prevent teams wasting effort on bids which stand little chance of success. It would also be useful to pull the timescale forward, and announce the location of the next OOoCon at the close of the previous year&#8217;s OOoCon. This would maximise the learning and experience transfer from one year to the next.</p> -<p>But that&#8217;s for later. For today, please remember that voting closes on Friday 29th at midnight UTC!</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>2008-02-29T00:00:05+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.168&r2=1.169 Delta lines: +23 -22 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-03-05 18:00:28+0000 1.168 +++ index.html 2008-03-06 00:00:28+0000 1.169 @@ -34,8 +34,30 @@ <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: March 05, 2008 06:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: March 06, 2008 12:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<h2>March 05, 2008</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net"; title="Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards » OOo Postings"> +Charles Schulz</a> : +<a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/03/06/releasing-openofficeorg-and-a-song/";> +Releasing OpenOffice.org⦠and a song</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>Hear, hear ! OpenOffice.org should be released on the 13 of March 2008. That means… soon. I thought I would link to the list new features of this last major release of OpenOffice.org before the 3.0. In short, this release will allow direct PDF import and limited handling of PDF/A. Other improvements include new default fonts, zoom capabilities in Calc, but <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/New_Features_2.4#Release_notes";>the actual list</a> is explaining all this much better than I do.The OpenOffice.org project is now busy working on the 3.0 branch, and there’s much excitement around it. I recommend reading <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/";>the Sun OpenOffice.org team’s blog</a> for daily updates.</p> +<p>In other news the next OpenOffice.org will take place in Beijing next October. It will be interesting to see new people and contributors there; although I still have to check if I’ll be available in October.</p> +<p>Now, some not so unrelated news: I would like you to meet my friend Pieter. He’s a good friend of mine, leader of the Noooxml movement. He recently bought a guitar, and he is what some call a <span class="Apple-style-span">singer on a mission. </span>Some excerpts: </p> +<p> + +</p> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=50&akst_action=share-this"; title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_50" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/03/06/releasing-openofficeorg-and-a-song/";>by Charles at March 05, 2008 10:05 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>March 04, 2008</h2> <h3> <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org"; title="Marketing OSS"> @@ -677,27 +699,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>February 25, 2008</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> -John McCreesh</a> : -<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/25/choices-for-voters/";> -Choices for voters</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>Over the past week I have reviewed <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl";>the six bids</a> to host the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference";>OpenOffice.org Annual Conference</a> 2008 (OOoCon): <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/19/amsterdam-the-netherlands/";>Amsterdam, The Netherlands</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/20/beijing-china/";>Beijing, China</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/21/bratislava-slovakia/";>Bratislava, Slovakia</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/22/budapest-hungary/";>Budapest, Hungary</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/23/dundalk-ireland/";>Dundalk, Ireland</a>; and <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/24/orvieto-italy/";>Orvieto, Italy</a>. So, now for the all-important question: which is the one to vote for?</p> -<p>For people in Asia/Pacific, the chance to attend an OOoCon outside Europe may be too good to refuse. As OpenOffice.org is a truly international organisation, it doesn’t seem right that its premier event has never moved outside Europe - even though the biggest concentration of developers is in Europe. If OOoCon is to be held in <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/beijing.html";>Beijing</a>, let’s hope that Sun management dig deep in their pockets to fund as many developers as possible to make the trip. If it helps to bring the China-based developers sponsored by RedFlag and IBM closer into the fold, and speeds up the adoption of their code in the main code base, then surely it will be money well spent.</p> -<p>But what sort of OOoCon will the Beijing team provide? From their proposal, I expect a highly professional, well organised, big city conference. We may even find all the hackers <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/270072/";>turn up in suits</a>. But with commercial sponsors around - and let’s be honest, we couldn’t have OOoCon in its present form without them - there is always a danger that the real heart of OOo - the individual volunteer contributors - will get swamped. OOoCon needs to reflect the variety, diversity, and individuality of the OOo membership. Therein lies the challenge for the Beijing team.</p> -<p>So in the red corner, we have Beijing. In the blue corner, for people who can only travel to Europe, there is far more choice. Indeed, <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/13/fair-votes/";>due to the voting system we have used</a>, this choice is likely to hand OOoCon to Beijing by default, unless all the European votes go to one destination. I must admit I was delighted when I saw a bid from <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/dundalk.html";>Ireland,</a> just across the water from me. Irish hospitality is legendary, I’m sure the craic would have been tremendous, and if only they had secured <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7260000/newsid_7261500/7261526.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&bbcws=1";>Dustin the Turkey to sing <em>Irelande Douze Points</em></a> at the opening ceremony there would have been no contest <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif"; alt=";-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> -<p>In the absence of <em>Dustin</em>, from my analysis of the bids, I believe one European bid this year stands above the others, which is the bid from <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/orvieto.html";>Italy</a>. I believe the combination of an experienced organising team, a delightful warm location, and a thriving local community would be hard to beat. I would urge anyone wanting an OOoCon in Europe this year to unite behind Orvieto. Remember that <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/vote.html";>our voting system</a> allows a change of vote right up to the last minute. However, I don’t expect my advice to make the slightest difference to the result <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif"; alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> -<p>Going forward, I believe that the increasing interest in hosting OOoCon means that we will have to change the way we award OOoCon in future. Some form of shortlisting would prevent teams wasting effort on bids which stand little chance of success. It would also be useful to pull the timescale forward, and announce the location of the next OOoCon at the close of the previous year’s OOoCon. This would maximise the learning and experience transfer from one year to the next.</p> -<p>But that’s for later. For today, please remember that voting closes on Friday 29th at midnight UTC!</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/25/choices-for-voters/";>by John at February 25, 2008 09:22 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=1.168&r2=1.169 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-03-05 18:00:28+0000 1.168 +++ opml.xml 2008-03-06 00:00:28+0000 1.169 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:00:18 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:18 +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=1.142&r2=1.143 Delta lines: +14 -13 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-03-05 00:00:28+0000 1.142 +++ rss10.xml 2008-03-06 00:00:28+0000 1.143 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/03/06/releasing-openofficeorg-and-a-song/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=451"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/statistics_with_openoffice_org"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/sugarcrm_and_openoffice_org"; /> @@ -32,11 +33,23 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=438"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=437"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=436"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/25/choices-for-voters/"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/03/06/releasing-openofficeorg-and-a-song/";> + <title>Charles Schulz: Releasing OpenOffice.org⦠and a song</title> + <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/03/06/releasing-openofficeorg-and-a-song/</link> + <content:encoded><p>Hear, hear ! OpenOffice.org should be released on the 13 of March 2008. That means&#8230; soon. I thought I would link to the list new features of this last major release of OpenOffice.org before the 3.0. In short, this release will allow direct PDF import and limited handling of PDF/A. Other improvements include new default fonts, zoom capabilities in Calc, but <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/New_Features_2.4#Release_notes">the actual list</a> is explaining all this much better than I do.The OpenOffice.org project is now busy working on the 3.0 branch, and there&#8217;s much excitement around it. I recommend reading <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/">the Sun OpenOffice.org team&#8217;s blog</a> for daily updates.</p> +<p>In other news the next OpenOffice.org will take place in Beijing next October. It will be interesting to see new people and contributors there; although I still have to check if I&#8217;ll be available in October.</p> +<p>Now, some not so unrelated news: I would like you to meet my friend Pieter. He&#8217;s a good friend of mine, leader of the Noooxml movement. He recently bought a guitar, and he is what some call a <span class="Apple-style-span">singer on a mission. </span>Some excerpts: </p> +<p> + +</p> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=50&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_50" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-03-05T22:05:47+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=451";> <title>Italo Vignoli: A remarkable post about the BRM</title> <link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/245785332/</link> @@ -523,17 +536,5 @@ </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/241382697" height="1" width="1" /></content:encoded> <dc:date>2008-02-26T09:06:53+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/25/choices-for-voters/";> - <title>John McCreesh: Choices for voters</title> - <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/25/choices-for-voters/</link> - <content:encoded><p>Over the past week I have reviewed <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl">the six bids</a> to host the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference">OpenOffice.org Annual Conference</a> 2008 (OOoCon): <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/19/amsterdam-the-netherlands/">Amsterdam, The Netherlands</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/20/beijing-china/">Beijing, China</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/21/bratislava-slovakia/">Bratislava, Slovakia</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/22/budapest-hungary/">Budapest, Hungary</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/23/dundalk-ireland/">Dundalk, Ireland</a>; and <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/24/orvieto-italy/">Orvieto, Italy</a>. So, now for the all-important question: which is the one to vote for?</p> -<p>For people in Asia/Pacific, the chance to attend an OOoCon outside Europe may be too good to refuse. As OpenOffice.org is a truly international organisation, it doesn&#8217;t seem right that its premier event has never moved outside Europe - even though the biggest concentration of developers is in Europe. If OOoCon is to be held in <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/beijing.html">Beijing</a>, let&#8217;s hope that Sun management dig deep in their pockets to fund as many developers as possible to make the trip. If it helps to bring the China-based developers sponsored by RedFlag and IBM closer into the fold, and speeds up the adoption of their code in the main code base, then surely it will be money well spent.</p> -<p>But what sort of OOoCon will the Beijing team provide? From their proposal, I expect a highly professional, well organised, big city conference. We may even find all the hackers <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/270072/">turn up in suits</a>. But with commercial sponsors around - and let&#8217;s be honest, we couldn&#8217;t have OOoCon in its present form without them - there is always a danger that the real heart of OOo - the individual volunteer contributors - will get swamped. OOoCon needs to reflect the variety, diversity, and individuality of the OOo membership. Therein lies the challenge for the Beijing team.</p> -<p>So in the red corner, we have Beijing. In the blue corner, for people who can only travel to Europe, there is far more choice. Indeed, <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/13/fair-votes/">due to the voting system we have used</a>, this choice is likely to hand OOoCon to Beijing by default, unless all the European votes go to one destination. I must admit I was delighted when I saw a bid from <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/dundalk.html">Ireland,</a> just across the water from me. Irish hospitality is legendary, I&#8217;m sure the craic would have been tremendous, and if only they had secured <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7260000/newsid_7261500/7261526.stm?bw=bb&amp;mp=wm&amp;asb=1&amp;news=1&amp;bbcws=1">Dustin the Turkey to sing <em>Irelande Douze Points</em></a> at the opening ceremony there would have been no contest <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> -<p>In the absence of <em>Dustin</em>, from my analysis of the bids, I believe one European bid this year stands above the others, which is the bid from <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/orvieto.html">Italy</a>. I believe the combination of an experienced organising team, a delightful warm location, and a thriving local community would be hard to beat. I would urge anyone wanting an OOoCon in Europe this year to unite behind Orvieto. Remember that <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/vote.html">our voting system</a> allows a change of vote right up to the last minute. However, I don&#8217;t expect my advice to make the slightest difference to the result <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> -<p>Going forward, I believe that the increasing interest in hosting OOoCon means that we will have to change the way we award OOoCon in future. Some form of shortlisting would prevent teams wasting effort on bids which stand little chance of success. It would also be useful to pull the timescale forward, and announce the location of the next OOoCon at the close of the previous year&#8217;s OOoCon. This would maximise the learning and experience transfer from one year to the next.</p> -<p>But that&#8217;s for later. For today, please remember that voting closes on Friday 29th at midnight UTC!</p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-02-25T21:22:47+00:00</dc:date> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.142&r2=1.143 Delta lines: +14 -13 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2008-03-05 00:00:28+0000 1.142 +++ rss20.xml 2008-03-06 00:00:28+0000 1.143 @@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>Charles Schulz: Releasing OpenOffice.org⦠and a song</title> + <guid>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/03/06/releasing-openofficeorg-and-a-song/</guid> + <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/03/06/releasing-openofficeorg-and-a-song/</link> + <description><p>Hear, hear ! OpenOffice.org should be released on the 13 of March 2008. That means&#8230; soon. I thought I would link to the list new features of this last major release of OpenOffice.org before the 3.0. In short, this release will allow direct PDF import and limited handling of PDF/A. Other improvements include new default fonts, zoom capabilities in Calc, but <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/New_Features_2.4#Release_notes">the actual list</a> is explaining all this much better than I do.The OpenOffice.org project is now busy working on the 3.0 branch, and there&#8217;s much excitement around it. I recommend reading <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/">the Sun OpenOffice.org team&#8217;s blog</a> for daily updates.</p> +<p>In other news the next OpenOffice.org will take place in Beijing next October. It will be interesting to see new people and contributors there; although I still have to check if I&#8217;ll be available in October.</p> +<p>Now, some not so unrelated news: I would like you to meet my friend Pieter. He&#8217;s a good friend of mine, leader of the Noooxml movement. He recently bought a guitar, and he is what some call a <span class="Apple-style-span">singer on a mission. </span>Some excerpts: </p> +<p> + +</p> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=50&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_50" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p></description> + <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:05:47 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>Italo Vignoli: A remarkable post about the BRM</title> <guid>http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=451</guid> <link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/245785332/</link> @@ -509,19 +523,6 @@ </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/241382697" height="1" width="1" /></description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:06:53 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>John McCreesh: Choices for voters</title> - <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/25/choices-for-voters/</guid> - <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/25/choices-for-voters/</link> - <description><p>Over the past week I have reviewed <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl">the six bids</a> to host the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference">OpenOffice.org Annual Conference</a> 2008 (OOoCon): <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/19/amsterdam-the-netherlands/">Amsterdam, The Netherlands</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/20/beijing-china/">Beijing, China</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/21/bratislava-slovakia/">Bratislava, Slovakia</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/22/budapest-hungary/">Budapest, Hungary</a>; <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/23/dundalk-ireland/">Dundalk, Ireland</a>; and <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/24/orvieto-italy/">Orvieto, Italy</a>. So, now for the all-important question: which is the one to vote for?</p> -<p>For people in Asia/Pacific, the chance to attend an OOoCon outside Europe may be too good to refuse. As OpenOffice.org is a truly international organisation, it doesn&#8217;t seem right that its premier event has never moved outside Europe - even though the biggest concentration of developers is in Europe. If OOoCon is to be held in <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/beijing.html">Beijing</a>, let&#8217;s hope that Sun management dig deep in their pockets to fund as many developers as possible to make the trip. If it helps to bring the China-based developers sponsored by RedFlag and IBM closer into the fold, and speeds up the adoption of their code in the main code base, then surely it will be money well spent.</p> -<p>But what sort of OOoCon will the Beijing team provide? From their proposal, I expect a highly professional, well organised, big city conference. We may even find all the hackers <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/270072/">turn up in suits</a>. But with commercial sponsors around - and let&#8217;s be honest, we couldn&#8217;t have OOoCon in its present form without them - there is always a danger that the real heart of OOo - the individual volunteer contributors - will get swamped. OOoCon needs to reflect the variety, diversity, and individuality of the OOo membership. Therein lies the challenge for the Beijing team.</p> -<p>So in the red corner, we have Beijing. In the blue corner, for people who can only travel to Europe, there is far more choice. Indeed, <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/02/13/fair-votes/">due to the voting system we have used</a>, this choice is likely to hand OOoCon to Beijing by default, unless all the European votes go to one destination. I must admit I was delighted when I saw a bid from <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/dundalk.html">Ireland,</a> just across the water from me. Irish hospitality is legendary, I&#8217;m sure the craic would have been tremendous, and if only they had secured <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7260000/newsid_7261500/7261526.stm?bw=bb&amp;mp=wm&amp;asb=1&amp;news=1&amp;bbcws=1">Dustin the Turkey to sing <em>Irelande Douze Points</em></a> at the opening ceremony there would have been no contest <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> -<p>In the absence of <em>Dustin</em>, from my analysis of the bids, I believe one European bid this year stands above the others, which is the bid from <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/orvieto.html">Italy</a>. I believe the combination of an experienced organising team, a delightful warm location, and a thriving local community would be hard to beat. I would urge anyone wanting an OOoCon in Europe this year to unite behind Orvieto. Remember that <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008/cfl/vote.html">our voting system</a> allows a change of vote right up to the last minute. However, I don&#8217;t expect my advice to make the slightest difference to the result <img src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> -<p>Going forward, I believe that the increasing interest in hosting OOoCon means that we will have to change the way we award OOoCon in future. Some form of shortlisting would prevent teams wasting effort on bids which stand little chance of success. It would also be useful to pull the timescale forward, and announce the location of the next OOoCon at the close of the previous year&#8217;s OOoCon. 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