User: jpmcc Date: 2008-04-19 17:01:35+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 Apr 19 17:00:14 UTC 2008 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.349&r2=1.350 Delta lines: +46 -46 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-04-19 11:00:39+0000 1.349 +++ atom.xml 2008-04-19 17:01:16+0000 1.350 @@ -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>2008-04-19T11:00:32+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:35+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ <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>2008-04-19T11:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ <title type="html">24.335 downloads</title> <link href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/24335-downloads.html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-2855320794002892642</id> - <updated>2008-04-18T17:00:27+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-18T16:07:02+00:00</updated> <content type="html">The Danish version of OpenOffice.org 2.4 has been downloaded 24.335 times from http://da.openoffice.org. This is the first time we have some kind of statistics, so it has been very exciting to follow the numbers. This is the day-by-day numbers.</content> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <title type="html">Lodahl's blog</title> <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2008-04-18T17:00:27+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:32+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ <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>2008-04-19T11:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:21+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ <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>2008-04-18T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:20+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ <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>2008-04-18T23:00:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:26+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ <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>2008-04-19T11:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ <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>2008-04-18T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:20+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ <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>2008-04-19T11:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ <title type="html">fisl9.0</title> <link href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/04/fisl90.html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-8626285142036136310</id> - <updated>2008-04-16T22:22:55+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-16T21:22:55+00:00</updated> <content type="html">It's hard not to be enthusiastic about fisl, or to expand the acronym, the <a href="http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/9.0/www/">9th F&#x00f3;rum International Software Livre</a>, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In part, my enthusiasm stems from the energy and commitment to free software shown by the government; and in part, from the warmth and friendship demonstrated by the Brazilians.<br /><br />OOo will, as always, have a booth at fisl, and we will--a first--be holding workshops, demonstrating how to build extensions, and answering question about code, format, project, community. If the past is any measure of the future, I'm fairly sure the event will be memorable and fun. <br /><br />But there are challenges. The <a href="http://www.broffice.org/">BrOffice</a> community is big and growing but integration between it and the international community needs to be stronger. I would love to know, for instance, some basic data, such as how many people download the application, or some basic information about who is using it. Of course, I am aware of the big players, such as major government offices. And am also acutely aware of the difficulty of obtaining solid information about the users of free software. But, the more and the better information that we possess, the more effective we can be in shaping the product, addressing needs, and so on. And the more the BrOffice community works with the international one, the easier it ultimately is to grow the developer community.<br /><br />Brazil is by no means alone here: all the major regions suffer the same problems, to greater or lesser degrees, and they come down to a lack of sophisticated developers. Nor is OpenOffice.org at all unique; all major Foss projects are in the same boat. We are also taking similar actions to redress these lacks, but results do not come the next day or even the next month. Education, mentoring, outreach, community coordination, all take time to bear fruit, all are forms of capital investment, and all are worth it--from the perspective of the government, and from that of the project.<br /><br />And in this regard, as I've witnessed in the last few days, Brazil is a real leader. Its government has powerfully realized the necessity not just of using Foss but of producing it. And it is to OOo's credit and honour that we are so deeply involved in the move to productive freedom.</content> <author> <name>oulipo</name> @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ <title type="html">ooo-speak</title> <link rel="self" href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564</id> - <updated>2008-04-17T17:00:21+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:22+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> - <updated>2008-04-16T17:00:23+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:33+00:00</updated> <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> </source> </entry> @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ <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>2008-04-19T11:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:21+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -297,30 +297,7 @@ <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>2008-04-18T17:00:18+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry> - <title type="html">Will OpenOffice.org support OOXML ?</title> - <link href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-openofficeorg-support-ooxml.html"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5078678078649178580</id> - <updated>2008-04-16T13:49:06+00:00</updated> - <content type="html">The answer is no ! - -From version 3.0 OpenOffice.org will be able to read MS Office 2007 documents. - The purpose is not to support an academic developed file format, but to help the pour users who by accident get hands on a document from Microsoft Office 2007. - -I'm not sure if all document types (text, spreadsheet, presentations etc.) will be supported, but I know that first step is to support</content> - <author> - <name>Leif Lodahl</name> - <uri>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">Lodahl's blog</title> - <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2008-04-18T17:00:27+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:20+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -338,7 +315,7 @@ <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>2008-04-19T11:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:21+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -356,7 +333,30 @@ <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>2008-04-19T11:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:21+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry> + <title type="html">Will OpenOffice.org support OOXML ?</title> + <link href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-openofficeorg-support-ooxml.html"/> + <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5078678078649178580</id> + <updated>2008-04-16T12:49:06+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">The answer is no ! + +From version 3.0 OpenOffice.org will be able to read MS Office 2007 documents. + The purpose is not to support an academic developed file format, but to help the pour users who by accident get hands on a document from Microsoft Office 2007. + +I'm not sure if all document types (text, spreadsheet, presentations etc.) will be supported, but I know that first step is to support</content> + <author> + <name>Leif Lodahl</name> + <uri>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Lodahl's blog</title> + <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> + <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:32+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ <title type="html">Wild translating</title> <link href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/wild-translating.html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-8690229904015929666</id> - <updated>2008-04-14T16:33:14+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-14T15:33:14+00:00</updated> <content type="html">The translation has gone wild. The Danish project now only needs to translate another 300 strings before we are done with the job. Thanks to all the translaters. You have done a great job.</content> @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ <title type="html">Lodahl's blog</title> <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2008-04-18T17:00:27+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:32+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ <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>2008-04-18T17:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:20+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ <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>2008-04-19T11:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">The Magic of Open Source</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2008-04-17T17:00:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:35+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ <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>2008-04-19T11:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-19T17:00:21+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.349&r2=1.350 Delta lines: +23 -23 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-04-19 11:00:39+0000 1.349 +++ index.html 2008-04-19 17:01:17+0000 1.350 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ <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: April 19, 2008 11:00 AM UTC</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: April 19, 2008 05:00 PM UTC</em></p> <h2>April 19, 2008</h2> <h3> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ This is the day-by-day numbers.</p> <p> -<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/24335-downloads.html";>by Leif Lodahl at April 18, 2008 05:00 PM UTC</a></em> +<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/24335-downloads.html";>by Leif Lodahl at April 18, 2008 04:07 PM UTC</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ <p> It's hard not to be enthusiastic about fisl, or to expand the acronym, the <a href="http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/9.0/www/";>9th Fórum International Software Livre</a>, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In part, my enthusiasm stems from the energy and commitment to free software shown by the government; and in part, from the warmth and friendship demonstrated by the Brazilians.<br /><br />OOo will, as always, have a booth at fisl, and we will--a first--be holding workshops, demonstrating how to build extensions, and answering question about code, format, project, community. If the past is any measure of the future, I'm fairly sure the event will be memorable and fun. <br /><br />But there are challenges. The <a href="http://www.broffice.org/";>BrOffice</a> community is big and growing but integration between it and the international community needs to be stronger. I would love to know, for instance, some basic data, such as how many people download the application, or some basic information about who is using it. Of course, I am aware of the big players, such as major government offices. And am also acutely aware of the difficulty of obtaining solid information about the users of free software. But, the more and the better information that we possess, the more effective we can be in shaping the product, addressing needs, and so on. And the more the BrOffice community works with the international one, the easier it ultimately is to grow the developer community.<br /><br />Brazil is by no means alone here: all the major regions suffer the same problems, to greater or lesser degrees, and they come down to a lack of sophisticated developers. Nor is OpenOffice.org at all unique; all major Foss projects are in the same boat. We are also taking similar actions to redress these lacks, but results do not come the next day or even the next month. Education, mentoring, outreach, community coordination, all take time to bear fruit, all are forms of capital investment, and all are worth it--from the perspective of the government, and from that of the project.<br /><br />And in this regard, as I've witnessed in the last few days, Brazil is a real leader. Its government has powerfully realized the necessity not just of using Foss but of producing it. And it is to OOo's credit and honour that we are so deeply involved in the move to productive freedom.</p> <p> -<em><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/04/fisl90.html";>by oulipo at April 16, 2008 10:22 PM UTC</a></em> +<em><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/04/fisl90.html";>by oulipo at April 16, 2008 09:22 PM UTC</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -277,25 +277,6 @@ <hr /> <br /> <h3> -<a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org"; title="Lodahl's blog"> -Leif Lodahl</a> : -<a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-openofficeorg-support-ooxml.html";> -Will OpenOffice.org support OOXML ?</a> -</h3> -<p> -The answer is no ! - -From version 3.0 OpenOffice.org will be able to read MS Office 2007 documents. - The purpose is not to support an academic developed file format, but to help the pour users who by accident get hands on a document from Microsoft Office 2007. - -I'm not sure if all document types (text, spreadsheet, presentations etc.) will be supported, but I know that first step is to support</p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-openofficeorg-support-ooxml.html";>by Leif Lodahl at April 16, 2008 01:49 PM UTC</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> -<h3> <a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> GullFOSS</a> : <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/fisl_9_0_conference_in";> @@ -323,6 +304,25 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> +<h3> +<a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org"; title="Lodahl's blog"> +Leif Lodahl</a> : +<a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-openofficeorg-support-ooxml.html";> +Will OpenOffice.org support OOXML ?</a> +</h3> +<p> +The answer is no ! + +From version 3.0 OpenOffice.org will be able to read MS Office 2007 documents. + The purpose is not to support an academic developed file format, but to help the pour users who by accident get hands on a document from Microsoft Office 2007. + +I'm not sure if all document types (text, spreadsheet, presentations etc.) will be supported, but I know that first step is to support</p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-openofficeorg-support-ooxml.html";>by Leif Lodahl at April 16, 2008 12:49 PM UTC</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>April 14, 2008</h2> <h3> <a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org"; title="Lodahl's blog"> @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ Thanks to all the translaters. You have done a great job.</p> <p> -<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/wild-translating.html";>by Leif Lodahl at April 14, 2008 04:33 PM UTC</a></em> +<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/wild-translating.html";>by Leif Lodahl at April 14, 2008 03:33 PM UTC</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.349&r2=1.350 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-04-19 11:00:39+0000 1.349 +++ opml.xml 2008-04-19 17:01:17+0000 1.350 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:00:32 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:00:36 +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=1.221&r2=1.222 Delta lines: +16 -16 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-04-19 11:00:40+0000 1.221 +++ rss10.xml 2008-04-19 17:01:19+0000 1.222 @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/doing_a_mail_merge_via"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/dbd1ec230426ef5f" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/782"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5078678078649178580" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/0582961c7f133153" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/ffa17c761b10ab03" /> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5078678078649178580" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-8690229904015929666" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/780"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=499"; /> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ <content:encoded>The Danish version of OpenOffice.org 2.4 has been downloaded 24.335 times from http://da.openoffice.org. This is the first time we have some kind of statistics, so it has been very exciting to follow the numbers. This is the day-by-day numbers.</content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-04-18T17:00:27+00:00</dc:date> + <dc:date>2008-04-18T16:07:02+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>Leif Lodahl</dc:creator> </item> <item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/fb0dde0c75cc128b"> @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: fisl9.0</title> <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/04/fisl90.html</link> <content:encoded>It's hard not to be enthusiastic about fisl, or to expand the acronym, the <a href="http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/9.0/www/">9th F&#x00f3;rum International Software Livre</a>, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In part, my enthusiasm stems from the energy and commitment to free software shown by the government; and in part, from the warmth and friendship demonstrated by the Brazilians.<br /><br />OOo will, as always, have a booth at fisl, and we will--a first--be holding workshops, demonstrating how to build extensions, and answering question about code, format, project, community. If the past is any measure of the future, I'm fairly sure the event will be memorable and fun. <br /><br />But there are challenges. The <a href="http://www.broffice.org/">BrOffice</a> community is big and growing but integration between it and the international community needs to be stronger. I would love to know, for instance, some basic data, such as how many people download the application, or some basic information about who is using it. Of course, I am aware of the big players, such as major government offices. And am also acutely aware of the difficulty of obtaining solid information about the users of free software. But, the more and the better information that we possess, the more effective we can be in shaping the product, addressing needs, and so on. And the more the BrOffice community works with the international one, the easier it ultimately is to grow the developer community.<br /><br />Brazil is by no means alone here: all the major regions suffer the same problems, to greater or lesser degrees, and they come down to a lack of sophisticated developers. Nor is OpenOffice.org at all unique; all major Foss projects are in the same boat. We are also taking similar actions to redress these lacks, but results do not come the next day or even the next month. Education, mentoring, outreach, community coordination, all take time to bear fruit, all are forms of capital investment, and all are worth it--from the perspective of the government, and from that of the project.<br /><br />And in this regard, as I've witnessed in the last few days, Brazil is a real leader. Its government has powerfully realized the necessity not just of using Foss but of producing it. And it is to OOo's credit and honour that we are so deeply involved in the move to productive freedom.</content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-04-16T22:22:55+00:00</dc:date> + <dc:date>2008-04-16T21:22:55+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>oulipo</dc:creator> </item> <item rdf:about="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/doing_a_mail_merge_via";> @@ -181,18 +181,6 @@ <p>See <a href="http://www.getopenoffice.org/">Solveig Haugland&#8217;s GetOpenOffice.org site for her training and support</a> services.</p></content:encoded> <dc:date>2008-04-16T14:06:11+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5078678078649178580"> - <title>Leif Lodahl: Will OpenOffice.org support OOXML ?</title> - <link>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-openofficeorg-support-ooxml.html</link> - <content:encoded>The answer is no ! - -From version 3.0 OpenOffice.org will be able to read MS Office 2007 documents. - The purpose is not to support an academic developed file format, but to help the pour users who by accident get hands on a document from Microsoft Office 2007. - -I'm not sure if all document types (text, spreadsheet, presentations etc.) will be supported, but I know that first step is to support</content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-04-16T13:49:06+00:00</dc:date> - <dc:creator>Leif Lodahl</dc:creator> -</item> <item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/0582961c7f133153"> <title>GullFOSS: FISL 9.0 conference in Brazil</title> <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/fisl_9_0_conference_in</link> @@ -207,13 +195,25 @@ <dc:date>2008-04-16T13:08:24+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>Juergen Schmidt</dc:creator> </item> +<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5078678078649178580"> + <title>Leif Lodahl: Will OpenOffice.org support OOXML ?</title> + <link>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-openofficeorg-support-ooxml.html</link> + <content:encoded>The answer is no ! + +From version 3.0 OpenOffice.org will be able to read MS Office 2007 documents. + The purpose is not to support an academic developed file format, but to help the pour users who by accident get hands on a document from Microsoft Office 2007. + +I'm not sure if all document types (text, spreadsheet, presentations etc.) will be supported, but I know that first step is to support</content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-04-16T12:49:06+00:00</dc:date> + <dc:creator>Leif Lodahl</dc:creator> +</item> <item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-8690229904015929666"> <title>Leif Lodahl: Wild translating</title> <link>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/wild-translating.html</link> <content:encoded>The translation has gone wild. The Danish project now only needs to translate another 300 strings before we are done with the job. Thanks to all the translaters. You have done a great job.</content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-04-14T16:33:14+00:00</dc:date> + <dc:date>2008-04-14T15:33:14+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>Leif Lodahl</dc:creator> </item> <item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/780";> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.221&r2=1.222 Delta lines: +15 -15 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2008-04-19 11:00:40+0000 1.221 +++ rss20.xml 2008-04-19 17:01:19+0000 1.222 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ <description>The Danish version of OpenOffice.org 2.4 has been downloaded 24.335 times from http://da.openoffice.org. This is the first time we have some kind of statistics, so it has been very exciting to follow the numbers. This is the day-by-day numbers.</description> - <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate> + <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:07:02 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>GullFOSS: Mac/Aqua port - state of the union</title> @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-8626285142036136310</guid> <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2008/04/fisl90.html</link> <description>It's hard not to be enthusiastic about fisl, or to expand the acronym, the <a href="http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/9.0/www/">9th F&#x00f3;rum International Software Livre</a>, held each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In part, my enthusiasm stems from the energy and commitment to free software shown by the government; and in part, from the warmth and friendship demonstrated by the Brazilians.<br /><br />OOo will, as always, have a booth at fisl, and we will--a first--be holding workshops, demonstrating how to build extensions, and answering question about code, format, project, community. If the past is any measure of the future, I'm fairly sure the event will be memorable and fun. <br /><br />But there are challenges. The <a href="http://www.broffice.org/">BrOffice</a> community is big and growing but integration between it and the international community needs to be stronger. I would love to know, for instance, some basic data, such as how many people download the application, or some basic information about who is using it. Of course, I am aware of the big players, such as major government offices. And am also acutely aware of the difficulty of obtaining solid information about the users of free software. But, the more and the better information that we possess, the more effective we can be in shaping the product, addressing needs, and so on. And the more the BrOffice community works with the international one, the easier it ultimately is to grow the developer community.<br /><br />Brazil is by no means alone here: all the major regions suffer the same problems, to greater or lesser degrees, and they come down to a lack of sophisticated developers. Nor is OpenOffice.org at all unique; all major Foss projects are in the same boat. We are also taking similar actions to redress these lacks, but results do not come the next day or even the next month. Education, mentoring, outreach, community coordination, all take time to bear fruit, all are forms of capital investment, and all are worth it--from the perspective of the government, and from that of the project.<br /><br />And in this regard, as I've witnessed in the last few days, Brazil is a real leader. Its government has powerfully realized the necessity not just of using Foss but of producing it. And it is to OOo's credit and honour that we are so deeply involved in the move to productive freedom.</description> - <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:22:55 +0000</pubDate> + <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:22:55 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Erwin Tenhumberg: Doing a mail merge via API</title> @@ -160,18 +160,6 @@ <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:06:11 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> - <title>Leif Lodahl: Will OpenOffice.org support OOXML ?</title> - <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5078678078649178580</guid> - <link>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-openofficeorg-support-ooxml.html</link> - <description>The answer is no ! - -From version 3.0 OpenOffice.org will be able to read MS Office 2007 documents. - The purpose is not to support an academic developed file format, but to help the pour users who by accident get hands on a document from Microsoft Office 2007. - -I'm not sure if all document types (text, spreadsheet, presentations etc.) will be supported, but I know that first step is to support</description> - <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:49:06 +0000</pubDate> -</item> -<item> <title>GullFOSS: FISL 9.0 conference in Brazil</title> <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/0582961c7f133153</guid> <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/fisl_9_0_conference_in</link> @@ -186,13 +174,25 @@ <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:08:24 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> + <title>Leif Lodahl: Will OpenOffice.org support OOXML ?</title> + <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5078678078649178580</guid> + <link>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/will-openofficeorg-support-ooxml.html</link> + <description>The answer is no ! + +From version 3.0 OpenOffice.org will be able to read MS Office 2007 documents. + The purpose is not to support an academic developed file format, but to help the pour users who by accident get hands on a document from Microsoft Office 2007. + +I'm not sure if all document types (text, spreadsheet, presentations etc.) will be supported, but I know that first step is to support</description> + <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:49:06 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>Leif Lodahl: Wild translating</title> <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-8690229904015929666</guid> <link>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2008/04/wild-translating.html</link> <description>The translation has gone wild. The Danish project now only needs to translate another 300 strings before we are done with the job. Thanks to all the translaters. You have done a great job.</description> - <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:33:14 +0000</pubDate> + <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:33:14 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Benjamin Horst: Notes on OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta</title> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
