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Log: Planet run at Fri May 30 01:00:14 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=1.504&r2=1.505 Delta lines: +34 -34 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-05-29 18:00:06+0000 1.504 +++ atom.xml 2008-05-30 00:00:06+0000 1.505 @@ -5,9 +5,35 @@ <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>2008-05-29T18:00:24+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-30T00:00:23+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Motley Fool: âThe Fall of Microsoft Officeâ</title> + <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/810"/> + <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=810</id> + <updated>2008-05-29T20:31:04+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>Lots of open source and open standards tech people, including me, have long anticipated this, but now a mainstream financial site, Motley Fool, is predicting &#8220;<a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/05/27/the-fall-of-microsoft-office.aspx">The Fall of Microsoft Office</a>.&#8221;</p> +<p>Microsoft has publicly announced it will support <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/">ODF</a> in its Office suite. If implemented honestly (a big question for Microsoft), this throws open the doors to competition in a way MSO has never had to deal with before.</p> +<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t say that Google or Sun or anybody else just won a bigger share of the office software market, and if they did, it won&#8217;t help their revenue or profits directly anyway. But it&#8217;s clear as day that Microsoft just took a serious hit, and the impact may take a long time to make itself felt but it will come.</p> +<p>&#8220;The company&#8217;s biggest revenue generator may be a shadow of its former self in a few years. I just hope that Microsoft has some alternative business prospects on tap &#8212; and no, tackling Google&#8217;s search hulk head-on doesn&#8217;t count.&#8221;</p> +<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Office is going to lose marketshare, and Motley Fool sees this as having a big impact on Microsoft&#8217;s core profitability.</p> +<p>From the perspective of open source users, it means Microsoft will have less money to spend on attacking us, which is a good thing.</p> +<p>From the perspective of all computer users, especially small businesses, it means costs will decline as the $400 price for Microsoft Office is no longer a required expense&#8211;using the free OpenOffice.org instead will be an easy alternative.</p> +<p>With <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html">OpenOffice 3.0 coming this fall</a>, it&#8217;s time to expect another big jump in its user share. Let&#8217;s watch!</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>2008-05-30T00:00:18+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + <entry> <title type="html">OpenOffice.org track at LinuxTag</title> <link href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/05/openofficeorg-track-at-linuxtag.html"/> @@ -70,7 +96,7 @@ <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>2008-05-29T18:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-30T00:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -173,7 +199,7 @@ <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>2008-05-29T18:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-30T00:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -231,7 +257,7 @@ <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>2008-05-29T18:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-30T00:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -269,7 +295,7 @@ <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>2008-05-29T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-30T00:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -291,7 +317,7 @@ <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>2008-05-28T18:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-30T00:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -314,7 +340,7 @@ <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>2008-05-28T18:00:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-30T00:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -431,7 +457,7 @@ <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>2008-05-29T18:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-05-30T00:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -454,30 +480,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">OpenOffice 3.0 vs Microsoft Office</title> - <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/805"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=805</id> - <updated>2008-05-20T12:12:24+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>Preston Gralla of InfoWorld tests the current beta of OpenOffice 3.0 and asks &#8220;<a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/16/Can-OpenOffice-3-beta-replace-MS-Office_1.html">Can OpenOffice 3.0 finally replace MS Office?</a>&#8221;</p> -<p>Grandiose headline notwithstanding, the article is a useful comparison of the two competitors. Gralla ran into instability and bugs that I have not personally encountered in the Mac version I&#8217;ve been testing, but is nevertheless quite impressed:</p> -<p>&#8220;<span class="artText">If you&#8217;re not working in an enterprise that has standardized on Microsoft Office, you should think twice before paying full freight for Office, and give serious consideration to this free alternative when the final version is released.&#8221;</span></p> -<p>In conclusion, Gralla sums up:</p> -<p class="ArticleBody">&#8220;For most of what you use an office suite for, you&#8217;ll find that OpenOffice 3.0 will more than fill your needs. Whether you&#8217;re creating documents, spreadsheets, or presentations, the suite offers all the basics and much more. There are excellent formatting tools, mail merge, macros, solid charting tools, and the ability to easily create presentations.</p> -<p class="ArticleBody">&#8220;If you&#8217;re thinking of switching to OpenOffice from Microsoft Office, expect practically no learning curve. Many keyboard shortcuts are exactly the same, as are many menus and toolbar choices. You&#8217;ll be able to import your existing Office documents, and create them in Office formats as well.&#8221;</p> -<p class="ArticleBody">Gralla recommends OpenOffice to <span class="artText">home users, students, and small businesses. In my own estimation, at least 90% of current Microsoft Office users could switch to OpenOffice without significant interruption to their work processes.<br /> -</span></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>2008-05-28T18:00:17+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.504&r2=1.505 Delta lines: +23 -22 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-05-29 18:00:07+0000 1.504 +++ index.html 2008-05-30 00:00:06+0000 1.505 @@ -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: May 29, 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: May 30, 2008 12:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<h2>May 29, 2008</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> +Benjamin Horst</a> : +<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/810";> +Motley Fool: âThe Fall of Microsoft Officeâ</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>Lots of open source and open standards tech people, including me, have long anticipated this, but now a mainstream financial site, Motley Fool, is predicting “<a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/05/27/the-fall-of-microsoft-office.aspx";>The Fall of Microsoft Office</a>.”</p> +<p>Microsoft has publicly announced it will support <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/";>ODF</a> in its Office suite. If implemented honestly (a big question for Microsoft), this throws open the doors to competition in a way MSO has never had to deal with before.</p> +<p>“I can’t say that Google or Sun or anybody else just won a bigger share of the office software market, and if they did, it won’t help their revenue or profits directly anyway. But it’s clear as day that Microsoft just took a serious hit, and the impact may take a long time to make itself felt but it will come.</p> +<p>“The company’s biggest revenue generator may be a shadow of its former self in a few years. I just hope that Microsoft has some alternative business prospects on tap — and no, tackling Google’s search hulk head-on doesn’t count.”</p> +<p>Microsoft’s Office is going to lose marketshare, and Motley Fool sees this as having a big impact on Microsoft’s core profitability.</p> +<p>From the perspective of open source users, it means Microsoft will have less money to spend on attacking us, which is a good thing.</p> +<p>From the perspective of all computer users, especially small businesses, it means costs will decline as the $400 price for Microsoft Office is no longer a required expense–using the free OpenOffice.org instead will be an easy alternative.</p> +<p>With <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html";>OpenOffice 3.0 coming this fall</a>, it’s time to expect another big jump in its user share. Let’s watch!</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/810";>by Benjamin Horst at May 29, 2008 08:31 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>May 28, 2008</h2> <h3> <a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/"; title="OpenOffice.org Marketing Blog"> @@ -394,27 +416,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> -Benjamin Horst</a> : -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/805";> -OpenOffice 3.0 vs Microsoft Office</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>Preston Gralla of InfoWorld tests the current beta of OpenOffice 3.0 and asks “<a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/16/Can-OpenOffice-3-beta-replace-MS-Office_1.html";>Can OpenOffice 3.0 finally replace MS Office?</a>”</p> -<p>Grandiose headline notwithstanding, the article is a useful comparison of the two competitors. Gralla ran into instability and bugs that I have not personally encountered in the Mac version I’ve been testing, but is nevertheless quite impressed:</p> -<p>“<span class="artText">If you’re not working in an enterprise that has standardized on Microsoft Office, you should think twice before paying full freight for Office, and give serious consideration to this free alternative when the final version is released.”</span></p> -<p>In conclusion, Gralla sums up:</p> -<p class="ArticleBody">“For most of what you use an office suite for, you’ll find that OpenOffice 3.0 will more than fill your needs. Whether you’re creating documents, spreadsheets, or presentations, the suite offers all the basics and much more. There are excellent formatting tools, mail merge, macros, solid charting tools, and the ability to easily create presentations.</p> -<p class="ArticleBody">“If you’re thinking of switching to OpenOffice from Microsoft Office, expect practically no learning curve. Many keyboard shortcuts are exactly the same, as are many menus and toolbar choices. You’ll be able to import your existing Office documents, and create them in Office formats as well.”</p> -<p class="ArticleBody">Gralla recommends OpenOffice to <span class="artText">home users, students, and small businesses. In my own estimation, at least 90% of current Microsoft Office users could switch to OpenOffice without significant interruption to their work processes.<br /> -</span></p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/805";>by Benjamin Horst at May 20, 2008 12:12 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=1.504&r2=1.505 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-05-29 18:00:07+0000 1.504 +++ opml.xml 2008-05-30 00:00:07+0000 1.505 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Thu, 29 May 2008 18:00:24 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:24 +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=1.282&r2=1.283 Delta lines: +14 -14 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-05-28 18:00:16+0000 1.282 +++ rss10.xml 2008-05-30 00:00:07+0000 1.283 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=810"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-3425319158745273024" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e9995d705e3c925b" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5010600877902966368" /> @@ -32,11 +33,23 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/openoffice_org_at_linuxtag_berlin"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/8bd350863b2c00ed" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=506"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=805"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=810";> + <title>Benjamin Horst: Motley Fool: âThe Fall of Microsoft Officeâ</title> + <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/810</link> + <content:encoded><p>Lots of open source and open standards tech people, including me, have long anticipated this, but now a mainstream financial site, Motley Fool, is predicting &#8220;<a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/05/27/the-fall-of-microsoft-office.aspx">The Fall of Microsoft Office</a>.&#8221;</p> +<p>Microsoft has publicly announced it will support <a href="http://opendocument.xml.org/">ODF</a> in its Office suite. If implemented honestly (a big question for Microsoft), this throws open the doors to competition in a way MSO has never had to deal with before.</p> +<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t say that Google or Sun or anybody else just won a bigger share of the office software market, and if they did, it won&#8217;t help their revenue or profits directly anyway. But it&#8217;s clear as day that Microsoft just took a serious hit, and the impact may take a long time to make itself felt but it will come.</p> +<p>&#8220;The company&#8217;s biggest revenue generator may be a shadow of its former self in a few years. I just hope that Microsoft has some alternative business prospects on tap &#8212; and no, tackling Google&#8217;s search hulk head-on doesn&#8217;t count.&#8221;</p> +<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Office is going to lose marketshare, and Motley Fool sees this as having a big impact on Microsoft&#8217;s core profitability.</p> +<p>From the perspective of open source users, it means Microsoft will have less money to spend on attacking us, which is a good thing.</p> +<p>From the perspective of all computer users, especially small businesses, it means costs will decline as the $400 price for Microsoft Office is no longer a required expense&#8211;using the free OpenOffice.org instead will be an easy alternative.</p> +<p>With <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html">OpenOffice 3.0 coming this fall</a>, it&#8217;s time to expect another big jump in its user share. Let&#8217;s watch!</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-05-29T20:31:04+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-3425319158745273024"> <title>OOo Marketeers: OpenOffice.org track at LinuxTag</title> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/05/openofficeorg-track-at-linuxtag.html</link> @@ -242,18 +255,5 @@ <content:encoded><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/click">BBC Click</a> has discovered open source. There&#8217;s <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7404387.stm">an article</a> about it, or you can <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_4970000/newsid_4977500?redirect=4977542.stm&news=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1">watch the programme</a>. 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If implemented honestly (a big question for Microsoft), this throws open the doors to competition in a way MSO has never had to deal with before.</p> +<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t say that Google or Sun or anybody else just won a bigger share of the office software market, and if they did, it won&#8217;t help their revenue or profits directly anyway. But it&#8217;s clear as day that Microsoft just took a serious hit, and the impact may take a long time to make itself felt but it will come.</p> +<p>&#8220;The company&#8217;s biggest revenue generator may be a shadow of its former self in a few years. I just hope that Microsoft has some alternative business prospects on tap &#8212; and no, tackling Google&#8217;s search hulk head-on doesn&#8217;t count.&#8221;</p> +<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Office is going to lose marketshare, and Motley Fool sees this as having a big impact on Microsoft&#8217;s core profitability.</p> +<p>From the perspective of open source users, it means Microsoft will have less money to spend on attacking us, which is a good thing.</p> +<p>From the perspective of all computer users, especially small businesses, it means costs will decline as the $400 price for Microsoft Office is no longer a required expense&#8211;using the free OpenOffice.org instead will be an easy alternative.</p> +<p>With <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html">OpenOffice 3.0 coming this fall</a>, it&#8217;s time to expect another big jump in its user share. Let&#8217;s watch!</p></description> + <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 20:31:04 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>OOo Marketeers: OpenOffice.org track at LinuxTag</title> <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-3425319158745273024</guid> <link>http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/05/openofficeorg-track-at-linuxtag.html</link> @@ -227,20 +241,6 @@ <description><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/click">BBC Click</a> has discovered open source. There&#8217;s <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7404387.stm">an article</a> about it, or you can <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_4970000/newsid_4977500?redirect=4977542.stm&news=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1">watch the programme</a>. You need to wait for 5 minutes 47 seconds before <a href="http://why.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> is mentioned :-) I think the broadcast is only online for a week&#8230;</p></description> <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 21:26:53 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Benjamin Horst: OpenOffice 3.0 vs Microsoft Office</title> - <guid>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=805</guid> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/805</link> - <description><p>Preston Gralla of InfoWorld tests the current beta of OpenOffice 3.0 and asks &#8220;<a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/16/Can-OpenOffice-3-beta-replace-MS-Office_1.html">Can OpenOffice 3.0 finally replace MS Office?</a>&#8221;</p> -<p>Grandiose headline notwithstanding, the article is a useful comparison of the two competitors. Gralla ran into instability and bugs that I have not personally encountered in the Mac version I&#8217;ve been testing, but is nevertheless quite impressed:</p> -<p>&#8220;<span class="artText">If you&#8217;re not working in an enterprise that has standardized on Microsoft Office, you should think twice before paying full freight for Office, and give serious consideration to this free alternative when the final version is released.&#8221;</span></p> -<p>In conclusion, Gralla sums up:</p> -<p class="ArticleBody">&#8220;For most of what you use an office suite for, you&#8217;ll find that OpenOffice 3.0 will more than fill your needs. Whether you&#8217;re creating documents, spreadsheets, or presentations, the suite offers all the basics and much more. There are excellent formatting tools, mail merge, macros, solid charting tools, and the ability to easily create presentations.</p> -<p class="ArticleBody">&#8220;If you&#8217;re thinking of switching to OpenOffice from Microsoft Office, expect practically no learning curve. Many keyboard shortcuts are exactly the same, as are many menus and toolbar choices. You&#8217;ll be able to import your existing Office documents, and create them in Office formats as well.&#8221;</p> -<p class="ArticleBody">Gralla recommends OpenOffice to <span class="artText">home users, students, and small businesses. In my own estimation, at least 90% of current Microsoft Office users could switch to OpenOffice without significant interruption to their work processes.<br /> -</span></p></description> - <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 12:12:24 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
