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Log: Planet run at Fri Apr 18 06:00:14 BST 2008 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.343&r2=1.344 Delta lines: +50 -28 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-04-17 23:00:30+0000 1.343 +++ atom.xml 2008-04-18 05:00:38+0000 1.344 @@ -5,10 +5,54 @@ <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>2008-04-17T23:00:23+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-18T05:00:31+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Microsoft and the open source community</title> + <link href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/272500839/"/> + <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=459</id> + <updated>2008-04-17T23:22:05+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>Ray Ozzie, Microsoft&#8217;s Chief Software Architect, while speaking today at the annual conference of the company Most Valuable Professional, has given some perspective about the relationship between Microsoft and open source, as reported by <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/136728.asp">Todd Bishop</a>. What I see as a dangerous problem, especially when you look at interoperability between applications and file formats (especially ODF and OOXML), is the fact that Microsoft ignores the open source community.</p> +<p>If we look at OpenOffice.org, the three markets where the open source office suite is competing most successfully with Microsoft Office are probably Germany, France and Italy, followed by other European markets like Spain and the Netherlands. In Italy, where I have the updated numbers, we are hitting today - maybe while I&#8217;m writing this post - one million downloads since January 1st, 2008 (over 350.000 since the announcement of OOo 2.4 in late March). Although we don&#8217;t have Microsoft figures for Office 2007, we estimate a maximum of 1.8 million licenses sold in 2008.</p> +<p>I already know the reply: &#8220;You can&#8217;t compare licenses with downloads&#8230;&#8221;. Of course, gentlemen, but do you really think that one million downloads in slightly over one hundred days (at an average of over 9,200 downloads per day) still equals to a few thousands users? Do you really think that a small bunch of people, just the same small bunch of people, can get all these downloads? Come on, we&#8217;ve other stuff to do. Please, be realistic. We&#8217;re eating your pie, quickly. We&#8217;re hungry.</p> +<p>I don&#8217;t know the figures for Germany and France, but I&#8217;m quite sure that they are even better than those for Italy. The results in these markets are mainly due to the daily activity of the local community, while Microsoft - with the exception of Italy, where Associazione PLIO is recognized and respected - apparently ignores the reality. I am sure, for instance, that Microsoft&#8217;s Document Interoperability Initiative would greatly benefit from the involvement of the open source community.</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags Start --></p> +<p>Technorati Tags:<br /> +<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooxml" rel="tag">ooxml</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/open%20source" rel="tag">open source</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice" rel="tag">openoffice</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">microsoft</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf" rel="tag">odf</a> +</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags End --></p> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=459&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_459" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p> + Tags: <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=office-suite" title="office suite">office suite</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=odf" title="Open Document Format">Open Document Format</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=open-source" title="Open Source">Open Source</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=openoffice" title="openoffice">openoffice</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=software" title="software">software</a><br /> + + Last posts on the same subject. + <ul class="st-related-posts"> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=267" title="?Open Source Rising? in India (11 February 2008)">?Open Source Rising? in India</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=167" title="Uniting Behind One ISO Document Format? (7 December 2007)">Uniting Behind One ISO Document Format?</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=85" title="News su OOo (3/10/2007) (4 October 2007)">News su OOo (3/10/2007)</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=276" title="Remembering Stormix (23 May 2007)">Remembering Stormix</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=443" title="Office, the newest Linux accessory&#8230; (29 February 2008)">Office, the newest Linux accessory&#8230;</a> (0)</li> +</ul> + + +<p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/ItalosOOoBlog?a=v6twm3"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/ItalosOOoBlog?i=v6twm3" border="0" /></a></p><div class="feedflare"> +<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=WUWm4RG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=WUWm4RG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=AYXJswG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=AYXJswG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=WQNG6vg"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=WQNG6vg" border="0" /></a> +</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/272500839" height="1" width="1" /></content> + <author> + <name>Italo Vignoli</name> + <uri>http://www.italovignoli.org</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Marketing OSS</title> + <subtitle type="html">Marketing open source software. Reflects my activity inside the OOo community.</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2"/> + <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2</id> + <updated>2008-04-18T05:00:28+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">A satisfied customer</title> <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/04/17/a-satisfied-customer/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=501</id> @@ -150,7 +194,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-04-17T23:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-18T05:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -191,7 +235,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-04-17T23:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-18T05:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -209,7 +253,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-04-17T23:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-18T05:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -353,7 +397,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-04-17T23:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-18T05:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -389,7 +433,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2008-04-17T23:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-18T05:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -464,26 +508,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">OpenOffice on 41,000 Australian School Computers</title> - <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/777"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/777</id> - <updated>2008-04-09T19:11:56+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>Erwin Tenhumberg points out that <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_on_41_000">OpenOffice.org will be installed on 41,000 computers in schools in New South Wales, Australia</a> this year.</p> -<p>He discovered it via Computerworld New Zealand&#8217;s article, &#8220;<a href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/FE73A77E2BB96F21CC257425007DCB21">NSW Education Downgrades Microsoft Deal</a>:&#8221;</p> -<p>&#8220;Technology chief Stephen Wilson announced the department will install a free alternative to Microsoft&#8217;s Office suite&#8230;, OpenOffice, on 41,000 computers due to be distributed to schools across the state by the end of 2008&#8230; &#8220;For the first time we&#8217;re going to install OpenOffice on every computer under our Technology 4 Learning programme,&#8221; he says.&#8221;</p> -<p>In addition, they have been replacing Vista with Windows XP on new machines they purchase, most likely in order to get more out of cheaper hardware and to avoid software incompatibilities with programs they are running.</p></content> - <author> - <name>Benjamin Horst</name> - <uri>http://www.solidoffice.com</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org</title> - <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2008-04-17T17:00:18+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.343&r2=1.344 Delta lines: +40 -19 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-04-17 23:00:30+0000 1.343 +++ index.html 2008-04-18 05:00:38+0000 1.344 @@ -34,10 +34,49 @@ <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: April 17, 2008 11:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: April 18, 2008 05:00 AM GMT</em></p> <h2>April 17, 2008</h2> <h3> +<a href="http://www.italovignoli.org"; title="Marketing OSS"> +Italo Vignoli</a> : +<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/272500839/";> +Microsoft and the open source community</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect, while speaking today at the annual conference of the company Most Valuable Professional, has given some perspective about the relationship between Microsoft and open source, as reported by <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/136728.asp";>Todd Bishop</a>. What I see as a dangerous problem, especially when you look at interoperability between applications and file formats (especially ODF and OOXML), is the fact that Microsoft ignores the open source community.</p> +<p>If we look at OpenOffice.org, the three markets where the open source office suite is competing most successfully with Microsoft Office are probably Germany, France and Italy, followed by other European markets like Spain and the Netherlands. In Italy, where I have the updated numbers, we are hitting today - maybe while I’m writing this post - one million downloads since January 1st, 2008 (over 350.000 since the announcement of OOo 2.4 in late March). Although we don’t have Microsoft figures for Office 2007, we estimate a maximum of 1.8 million licenses sold in 2008.</p> +<p>I already know the reply: “You can’t compare licenses with downloads…”. Of course, gentlemen, but do you really think that one million downloads in slightly over one hundred days (at an average of over 9,200 downloads per day) still equals to a few thousands users? Do you really think that a small bunch of people, just the same small bunch of people, can get all these downloads? Come on, we’ve other stuff to do. Please, be realistic. We’re eating your pie, quickly. We’re hungry.</p> +<p>I don’t know the figures for Germany and France, but I’m quite sure that they are even better than those for Italy. The results in these markets are mainly due to the daily activity of the local community, while Microsoft - with the exception of Italy, where Associazione PLIO is recognized and respected - apparently ignores the reality. I am sure, for instance, that Microsoft’s Document Interoperability Initiative would greatly benefit from the involvement of the open source community.</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags Start --></p> +<p>Technorati Tags:<br /> +<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooxml"; rel="tag">ooxml</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/open%20source"; rel="tag">open source</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice"; rel="tag">openoffice</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/microsoft"; rel="tag">microsoft</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf"; rel="tag">odf</a> +</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags End --></p> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=459&akst_action=share-this"; title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_459" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p> + Tags: <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=office-suite"; title="office suite">office suite</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=odf"; title="Open Document Format">Open Document Format</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=open-source"; title="Open Source">Open Source</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=openoffice"; title="openoffice">openoffice</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=software"; title="software">software</a><br /> + + Last posts on the same subject. + <ul class="st-related-posts"> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=267"; title="?Open Source Rising? in India (11 February 2008)">?Open Source Rising? in India</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=167"; title="Uniting Behind One ISO Document Format? (7 December 2007)">Uniting Behind One ISO Document Format?</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=85"; title="News su OOo (3/10/2007) (4 October 2007)">News su OOo (3/10/2007)</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=276"; title="Remembering Stormix (23 May 2007)">Remembering Stormix</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=443"; title="Office, the newest Linux accessory… (29 February 2008)">Office, the newest Linux accessory…</a> (0)</li> +</ul> + + +<p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/ItalosOOoBlog?a=v6twm3";><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/ItalosOOoBlog?i=v6twm3"; border="0" /></a></p><div class="feedflare"> +<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=WUWm4RG";><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=WUWm4RG"; border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=AYXJswG";><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=AYXJswG"; border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=WQNG6vg";><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=WQNG6vg"; border="0" /></a> +</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/272500839"; height="1" width="1" /></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/272500839/";>by italovignoli at April 17, 2008 11:22 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<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/2008/04/17/a-satisfied-customer/";> @@ -408,24 +447,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>April 09, 2008</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> -Benjamin Horst</a> : -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/777";> -OpenOffice on 41,000 Australian School Computers</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>Erwin Tenhumberg points out that <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_on_41_000";>OpenOffice.org will be installed on 41,000 computers in schools in New South Wales, Australia</a> this year.</p> -<p>He discovered it via Computerworld New Zealand’s article, “<a href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/FE73A77E2BB96F21CC257425007DCB21";>NSW Education Downgrades Microsoft Deal</a>:”</p> -<p>“Technology chief Stephen Wilson announced the department will install a free alternative to Microsoft’s Office suite…, OpenOffice, on 41,000 computers due to be distributed to schools across the state by the end of 2008… “For the first time we’re going to install OpenOffice on every computer under our Technology 4 Learning programme,” he says.”</p> -<p>In addition, they have been replacing Vista with Windows XP on new machines they purchase, most likely in order to get more out of cheaper hardware and to avoid software incompatibilities with programs they are running.</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/777";>by Benjamin Horst at April 09, 2008 07:11 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=1.343&r2=1.344 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-04-17 23:00:30+0000 1.343 +++ opml.xml 2008-04-18 05:00:38+0000 1.344 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:23 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:00:31 +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=1.216&r2=1.217 Delta lines: +32 -10 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-04-17 23:00:31+0000 1.216 +++ rss10.xml 2008-04-18 05:00:38+0000 1.217 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=459"; 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What I see as a dangerous problem, especially when you look at interoperability between applications and file formats (especially ODF and OOXML), is the fact that Microsoft ignores the open source community.</p> +<p>If we look at OpenOffice.org, the three markets where the open source office suite is competing most successfully with Microsoft Office are probably Germany, France and Italy, followed by other European markets like Spain and the Netherlands. In Italy, where I have the updated numbers, we are hitting today - maybe while I&#8217;m writing this post - one million downloads since January 1st, 2008 (over 350.000 since the announcement of OOo 2.4 in late March). Although we don&#8217;t have Microsoft figures for Office 2007, we estimate a maximum of 1.8 million licenses sold in 2008.</p> +<p>I already know the reply: &#8220;You can&#8217;t compare licenses with downloads&#8230;&#8221;. Of course, gentlemen, but do you really think that one million downloads in slightly over one hundred days (at an average of over 9,200 downloads per day) still equals to a few thousands users? Do you really think that a small bunch of people, just the same small bunch of people, can get all these downloads? Come on, we&#8217;ve other stuff to do. Please, be realistic. We&#8217;re eating your pie, quickly. We&#8217;re hungry.</p> +<p>I don&#8217;t know the figures for Germany and France, but I&#8217;m quite sure that they are even better than those for Italy. The results in these markets are mainly due to the daily activity of the local community, while Microsoft - with the exception of Italy, where Associazione PLIO is recognized and respected - apparently ignores the reality. I am sure, for instance, that Microsoft&#8217;s Document Interoperability Initiative would greatly benefit from the involvement of the open source community.</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags Start --></p> +<p>Technorati Tags:<br /> +<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooxml" rel="tag">ooxml</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/open%20source" rel="tag">open source</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice" rel="tag">openoffice</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">microsoft</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf" rel="tag">odf</a> +</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags End --></p> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=459&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_459" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p> + Tags: <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=office-suite" title="office suite">office suite</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=odf" title="Open Document Format">Open Document Format</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=open-source" title="Open Source">Open Source</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=openoffice" title="openoffice">openoffice</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=software" title="software">software</a><br /> + + Last posts on the same subject. + <ul class="st-related-posts"> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=267" title="?Open Source Rising? in India (11 February 2008)">?Open Source Rising? in India</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=167" title="Uniting Behind One ISO Document Format? 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What I see as a dangerous problem, especially when you look at interoperability between applications and file formats (especially ODF and OOXML), is the fact that Microsoft ignores the open source community.</p> +<p>If we look at OpenOffice.org, the three markets where the open source office suite is competing most successfully with Microsoft Office are probably Germany, France and Italy, followed by other European markets like Spain and the Netherlands. In Italy, where I have the updated numbers, we are hitting today - maybe while I&#8217;m writing this post - one million downloads since January 1st, 2008 (over 350.000 since the announcement of OOo 2.4 in late March). Although we don&#8217;t have Microsoft figures for Office 2007, we estimate a maximum of 1.8 million licenses sold in 2008.</p> +<p>I already know the reply: &#8220;You can&#8217;t compare licenses with downloads&#8230;&#8221;. Of course, gentlemen, but do you really think that one million downloads in slightly over one hundred days (at an average of over 9,200 downloads per day) still equals to a few thousands users? Do you really think that a small bunch of people, just the same small bunch of people, can get all these downloads? Come on, we&#8217;ve other stuff to do. Please, be realistic. We&#8217;re eating your pie, quickly. We&#8217;re hungry.</p> +<p>I don&#8217;t know the figures for Germany and France, but I&#8217;m quite sure that they are even better than those for Italy. The results in these markets are mainly due to the daily activity of the local community, while Microsoft - with the exception of Italy, where Associazione PLIO is recognized and respected - apparently ignores the reality. I am sure, for instance, that Microsoft&#8217;s Document Interoperability Initiative would greatly benefit from the involvement of the open source community.</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags Start --></p> +<p>Technorati Tags:<br /> +<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooxml" rel="tag">ooxml</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/open%20source" rel="tag">open source</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice" rel="tag">openoffice</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">microsoft</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf" rel="tag">odf</a> +</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags End --></p> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=459&amp;akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_459" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p> + Tags: <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=office-suite" title="office suite">office suite</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=odf" title="Open Document Format">Open Document Format</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=open-source" title="Open Source">Open Source</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=openoffice" title="openoffice">openoffice</a>, <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?tag=software" title="software">software</a><br /> + + Last posts on the same subject. + <ul class="st-related-posts"> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=267" title="?Open Source Rising? in India (11 February 2008)">?Open Source Rising? in India</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=167" title="Uniting Behind One ISO Document Format? (7 December 2007)">Uniting Behind One ISO Document Format?</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=85" title="News su OOo (3/10/2007) (4 October 2007)">News su OOo (3/10/2007)</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=276" title="Remembering Stormix (23 May 2007)">Remembering Stormix</a> (0)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=443" title="Office, the newest Linux accessory&#8230; (29 February 2008)">Office, the newest Linux accessory&#8230;</a> (0)</li> +</ul> + + +<p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/ItalosOOoBlog?a=v6twm3"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/ItalosOOoBlog?i=v6twm3" border="0" /></a></p><div class="feedflare"> +<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=WUWm4RG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=WUWm4RG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=AYXJswG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=AYXJswG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=WQNG6vg"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=WQNG6vg" border="0" /></a> +</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/272500839" height="1" width="1" /></description> + <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:22:05 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>John McCreesh: A satisfied customer</title> <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=501</guid> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/04/17/a-satisfied-customer/</link> @@ -240,16 +272,6 @@ <strong>For more information you can check <a href="http://eliberatica.ro">http://eliberatica.ro</a> website.</strong></p></description> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:32:24 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Benjamin Horst: OpenOffice on 41,000 Australian School Computers</title> - <guid>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/777</guid> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/777</link> - <description><p>Erwin Tenhumberg points out that <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_on_41_000">OpenOffice.org will be installed on 41,000 computers in schools in New South Wales, Australia</a> this year.</p> -<p>He discovered it via Computerworld New Zealand&#8217;s article, &#8220;<a href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/FE73A77E2BB96F21CC257425007DCB21">NSW Education Downgrades Microsoft Deal</a>:&#8221;</p> -<p>&#8220;Technology chief Stephen Wilson announced the department will install a free alternative to Microsoft&#8217;s Office suite&#8230;, OpenOffice, on 41,000 computers due to be distributed to schools across the state by the end of 2008&#8230; &#8220;For the first time we&#8217;re going to install OpenOffice on every computer under our Technology 4 Learning programme,&#8221; he says.&#8221;</p> -<p>In addition, they have been replacing Vista with Windows XP on new machines they purchase, most likely in order to get more out of cheaper hardware and to avoid software incompatibilities with programs they are running.</p></description> - <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:11:56 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
