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Log: Planet run at Mon Nov 24 00:00:14 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=1.1201&r2=1.1202 Delta lines: +42 -26 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-11-23 18:00:20+0000 1.1201 +++ atom.xml 2008-11-24 00:00:10+0000 1.1202 @@ -5,10 +5,47 @@ <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>2008-11-23T18:00:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-11-24T00:00:23+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">About Beijing, OOo, ODF and interoperability</title> + <link href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/463254723/"/> + <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=493</id> + <updated>2008-11-23T23:00:14+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>Unfortunately, I haven&#8217;t had enough time to elucubrate about what I&#8217;ve seen and heard in Beijing. Therefore, this is going to be a random collection of thoughts. Maybe, in the future I will have the time to add some comments.</p> +<p>Let&#8217;s start with a big thank to the organization. Kudos to everyone. The closing ceremony with the authentic emotion of RedFlag 2000&#8217;s managing director is something that will remain in my heart forever.</p> +<p>The sightseeings were also unforgettable. Pictures of everything are <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/italo.vignoli">here</a>.</p> +<p>A couple of remarks about the opening ceremony: four hours without a (coffee) break have been difficult to manage, especially a few days after a long flight and several hours before the usual time zone, and the slides in Chinese about UOF could have been translated and projected in English on the second screen (which was there). They were extremely interesting, but we have lost most of them because of the translation.</p> +<p>OpenOffice.org is a mature project, which over the years has scaled to a level which was probably difficult to imagine back in 2001. The real strength of the project is the community of volunteers, although we can&#8217;t forget the support of companies such as Sun - the founder of the project - plus IBM, Novell and RedFlag 2000.</p> +<p>Without the community, though, OpenOffice.org would not be where it is today, because Sun has still to identify a real strategy to monetize the effort and the investment, Novell is stuck in between the development effort and the agreement with Microsoft, RedFlag 2000 is still too young in the community to be a strategic asset, and IBM is taking a lot more than what is giving (and will continue to do so in the future, IMHO).</p> +<p>The community is going to be key in the process towards interoperability, although the companies would really like to keep it off the table. The community wasn&#8217;t invited by Microsoft at their interoperability labs, the community wasn&#8217;t invited by IBM at the Beijing interoperability table (I&#8217;ve assisted for a couple of hours).</p> +<p>The community is key to reach the users (the fact that OpenOffice.org is stronger in France, Germany and Italy, where there&#8217;s a stronger and better organized community, it&#8217;s not a coincidence, and should be taken in due consideration by the companies), and the users are key for the success of a file format (users are individuals, enterprises and governments, both local and national).</p> +<p>Today, both IBM and Microsoft sit at the ODF interoperability table, together with several individuals and organizations. I strongly support the idea that Associazione PLIO should sit at the same table, in order to contribute to the development of the standard.</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags Start --></p> +<p>Technorati Tags:<br /> +<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/beijing" rel="tag">beijing</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf" rel="tag">odf</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooo%20conference" rel="tag">ooo conference</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooxml" rel="tag">ooxml</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice" rel="tag">openoffice</a> +</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags End --></p> + + +<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/11/02/beijing-im-coming/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Beijing, I&#8217;m coming">Beijing, I&#8217;m coming</a></li><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/02/22/open-letter-to-microsoft/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Open Letter to Microsoft">Open Letter to Microsoft</a></li><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/11/05/beijing-day-one-and-before/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Beijing, day one (and before)">Beijing, day one (and before)</a></li></ol></p><div class="feedflare"> +<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=W2U4N"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=W2U4N" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=g5h9N"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=g5h9N" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=bTNjn"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=bTNjn" border="0" /></a> +</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/463254723" height="1" width="1" /></content> + <author> + <name>Italo Vignoli</name> + <uri>http://www.italovignoli.org</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Open Opinions</title> + <subtitle type="html">Open Opinions about Open Source Software</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2"/> + <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2</id> + <updated>2008-11-24T00:00:20+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">Good news for 330 million people</title> <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/11/23/good-news-for-330-million-people/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=607</id> @@ -50,7 +87,7 @@ <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>2008-11-23T18:00:20+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-11-24T00:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -162,7 +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>2008-11-23T18:00:20+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-11-24T00:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -239,7 +276,7 @@ <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>2008-11-23T18:00:20+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-11-24T00:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -380,7 +417,7 @@ <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>2008-11-23T18:00:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-11-24T00:00:23+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -453,25 +490,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">ODF Templates from IBM</title> - <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/905"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=905</id> - <updated>2008-11-06T15:16:55+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>IBM&#8217;s <a href="http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home">Lotus Symphony</a> was developed based on OpenOffice.org&#8217;s codebase and uses the same ODF (OpenDocument Format) as its standard file format.</p> -<p>To help users create attractive documents, <a href="http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/gallery.nsf/GalleryByDate?OpenView&Count=10">IBM has released a number of ODF file templates</a> for things like schedules, invoices, budgets, memos, letters and presentations. While promoted on Symphony&#8217;s website, these standard ODF files can be used in any compatible software suite, including <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a>, <a href="http://www.neooffice.org/">NeoOffice</a>, <a href="http://koffice.org/">KOffice</a> and many others.</p> -<p>Download and enjoy!</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>2008-11-20T18:00:23+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.1208&r2=1.1209 Delta lines: +33 -18 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-11-23 18:00:20+0000 1.1208 +++ index.html 2008-11-24 00:00:11+0000 1.1209 @@ -37,10 +37,42 @@ <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: November 23, 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: November 24, 2008 12:00 AM GMT</em></p> <h2>November 23, 2008</h2> <h3> +<a href="http://www.italovignoli.org"; title="Open Opinions"> +Italo Vignoli</a> : +<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/463254723/";> +About Beijing, OOo, ODF and interoperability</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>Unfortunately, I haven’t had enough time to elucubrate about what I’ve seen and heard in Beijing. Therefore, this is going to be a random collection of thoughts. Maybe, in the future I will have the time to add some comments.</p> +<p>Let’s start with a big thank to the organization. Kudos to everyone. The closing ceremony with the authentic emotion of RedFlag 2000’s managing director is something that will remain in my heart forever.</p> +<p>The sightseeings were also unforgettable. Pictures of everything are <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/italo.vignoli";>here</a>.</p> +<p>A couple of remarks about the opening ceremony: four hours without a (coffee) break have been difficult to manage, especially a few days after a long flight and several hours before the usual time zone, and the slides in Chinese about UOF could have been translated and projected in English on the second screen (which was there). They were extremely interesting, but we have lost most of them because of the translation.</p> +<p>OpenOffice.org is a mature project, which over the years has scaled to a level which was probably difficult to imagine back in 2001. The real strength of the project is the community of volunteers, although we can’t forget the support of companies such as Sun - the founder of the project - plus IBM, Novell and RedFlag 2000.</p> +<p>Without the community, though, OpenOffice.org would not be where it is today, because Sun has still to identify a real strategy to monetize the effort and the investment, Novell is stuck in between the development effort and the agreement with Microsoft, RedFlag 2000 is still too young in the community to be a strategic asset, and IBM is taking a lot more than what is giving (and will continue to do so in the future, IMHO).</p> +<p>The community is going to be key in the process towards interoperability, although the companies would really like to keep it off the table. The community wasn’t invited by Microsoft at their interoperability labs, the community wasn’t invited by IBM at the Beijing interoperability table (I’ve assisted for a couple of hours).</p> +<p>The community is key to reach the users (the fact that OpenOffice.org is stronger in France, Germany and Italy, where there’s a stronger and better organized community, it’s not a coincidence, and should be taken in due consideration by the companies), and the users are key for the success of a file format (users are individuals, enterprises and governments, both local and national).</p> +<p>Today, both IBM and Microsoft sit at the ODF interoperability table, together with several individuals and organizations. I strongly support the idea that Associazione PLIO should sit at the same table, in order to contribute to the development of the standard.</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags Start --></p> +<p>Technorati Tags:<br /> +<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/beijing"; rel="tag">beijing</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf"; rel="tag">odf</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooo%20conference"; rel="tag">ooo conference</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooxml"; rel="tag">ooxml</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice"; rel="tag">openoffice</a> +</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags End --></p> + + +<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/11/02/beijing-im-coming/"; rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Beijing, I’m coming">Beijing, I’m coming</a></li><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/02/22/open-letter-to-microsoft/"; rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Open Letter to Microsoft">Open Letter to Microsoft</a></li><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/11/05/beijing-day-one-and-before/"; rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Beijing, day one (and before)">Beijing, day one (and before)</a></li></ol></p><div class="feedflare"> +<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=W2U4N";><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=W2U4N"; border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=g5h9N";><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=g5h9N"; border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=bTNjn";><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=bTNjn"; border="0" /></a> +</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/463254723"; height="1" width="1" /></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/463254723/";>by italovignoli at November 23, 2008 11:00 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/2008/11/23/good-news-for-330-million-people/";> @@ -400,23 +432,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>November 06, 2008</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> -Benjamin Horst</a> : -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/905";> -ODF Templates from IBM</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>IBM’s <a href="http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home";>Lotus Symphony</a> was developed based on OpenOffice.org’s codebase and uses the same ODF (OpenDocument Format) as its standard file format.</p> -<p>To help users create attractive documents, <a href="http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/gallery.nsf/GalleryByDate?OpenView&Count=10";>IBM has released a number of ODF file templates</a> for things like schedules, invoices, budgets, memos, letters and presentations. While promoted on Symphony’s website, these standard ODF files can be used in any compatible software suite, including <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org</a>, <a href="http://www.neooffice.org/";>NeoOffice</a>, <a href="http://koffice.org/";>KOffice</a> and many others.</p> -<p>Download and enjoy!</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/905";>by Benjamin Horst at November 06, 2008 03:16 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=1.1201&r2=1.1202 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-11-23 18:00:20+0000 1.1201 +++ opml.xml 2008-11-24 00:00:11+0000 1.1202 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:00:31 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:23 +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=1.543&r2=1.544 Delta lines: +25 -9 -------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-11-23 18:00:20+0000 1.543 +++ rss10.xml 2008-11-24 00:00:11+0000 1.544 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=493"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=607"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/3b1b4fd24c073bb4" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=913"; /> @@ -32,11 +33,34 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=906"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-750788243565343955" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=602"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=905"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=493";> + <title>Italo Vignoli: About Beijing, OOo, ODF and interoperability</title> + <link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/463254723/</link> + <content:encoded><p>Unfortunately, I haven&#8217;t had enough time to elucubrate about what I&#8217;ve seen and heard in Beijing. Therefore, this is going to be a random collection of thoughts. Maybe, in the future I will have the time to add some comments.</p> +<p>Let&#8217;s start with a big thank to the organization. Kudos to everyone. The closing ceremony with the authentic emotion of RedFlag 2000&#8217;s managing director is something that will remain in my heart forever.</p> +<p>The sightseeings were also unforgettable. Pictures of everything are <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/italo.vignoli">here</a>.</p> +<p>A couple of remarks about the opening ceremony: four hours without a (coffee) break have been difficult to manage, especially a few days after a long flight and several hours before the usual time zone, and the slides in Chinese about UOF could have been translated and projected in English on the second screen (which was there). They were extremely interesting, but we have lost most of them because of the translation.</p> +<p>OpenOffice.org is a mature project, which over the years has scaled to a level which was probably difficult to imagine back in 2001. The real strength of the project is the community of volunteers, although we can&#8217;t forget the support of companies such as Sun - the founder of the project - plus IBM, Novell and RedFlag 2000.</p> +<p>Without the community, though, OpenOffice.org would not be where it is today, because Sun has still to identify a real strategy to monetize the effort and the investment, Novell is stuck in between the development effort and the agreement with Microsoft, RedFlag 2000 is still too young in the community to be a strategic asset, and IBM is taking a lot more than what is giving (and will continue to do so in the future, IMHO).</p> +<p>The community is going to be key in the process towards interoperability, although the companies would really like to keep it off the table. The community wasn&#8217;t invited by Microsoft at their interoperability labs, the community wasn&#8217;t invited by IBM at the Beijing interoperability table (I&#8217;ve assisted for a couple of hours).</p> +<p>The community is key to reach the users (the fact that OpenOffice.org is stronger in France, Germany and Italy, where there&#8217;s a stronger and better organized community, it&#8217;s not a coincidence, and should be taken in due consideration by the companies), and the users are key for the success of a file format (users are individuals, enterprises and governments, both local and national).</p> +<p>Today, both IBM and Microsoft sit at the ODF interoperability table, together with several individuals and organizations. I strongly support the idea that Associazione PLIO should sit at the same table, in order to contribute to the development of the standard.</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags Start --></p> +<p>Technorati Tags:<br /> +<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/beijing" rel="tag">beijing</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf" rel="tag">odf</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooo%20conference" rel="tag">ooo conference</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooxml" rel="tag">ooxml</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice" rel="tag">openoffice</a> +</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags End --></p> + + +<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/11/02/beijing-im-coming/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Beijing, I&#8217;m coming">Beijing, I&#8217;m coming</a></li><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/02/22/open-letter-to-microsoft/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Open Letter to Microsoft">Open Letter to Microsoft</a></li><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/11/05/beijing-day-one-and-before/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Beijing, day one (and before)">Beijing, day one (and before)</a></li></ol></p><div class="feedflare"> +<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=W2U4N"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=W2U4N" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=g5h9N"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=g5h9N" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=bTNjn"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=bTNjn" border="0" /></a> +</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/463254723" height="1" width="1" /></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2008-11-23T23:00:14+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=607";> <title>John McCreesh: Good news for 330 million people</title> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/11/23/good-news-for-330-million-people/</link> @@ -240,13 +264,5 @@ <p>However, we&#8217;ve taken a &#8216;better safe than sorry&#8217; view, so when we do finally pop the champagne corks for ten million, we can do so with a clear conscience!</p></content:encoded> <dc:date>2008-11-08T18:15:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=905";> - <title>Benjamin Horst: ODF Templates from IBM</title> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/905</link> - <content:encoded><p>IBM&#8217;s <a href="http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home">Lotus Symphony</a> was developed based on OpenOffice.org&#8217;s codebase and uses the same ODF (OpenDocument Format) as its standard file format.</p> -<p>To help users create attractive documents, <a href="http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/gallery.nsf/GalleryByDate?OpenView&Count=10">IBM has released a number of ODF file templates</a> for things like schedules, invoices, budgets, memos, letters and presentations. While promoted on Symphony&#8217;s website, these standard ODF files can be used in any compatible software suite, including <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a>, <a href="http://www.neooffice.org/">NeoOffice</a>, <a href="http://koffice.org/">KOffice</a> and many others.</p> -<p>Download and enjoy!</p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-11-06T15:16:55+00:00</dc:date> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.543&r2=1.544 Delta lines: +25 -9 -------------------- --- rss20.xml 2008-11-23 18:00:20+0000 1.543 +++ rss20.xml 2008-11-24 00:00:12+0000 1.544 @@ -8,6 +8,31 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>Italo Vignoli: About Beijing, OOo, ODF and interoperability</title> + <guid>http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=493</guid> + <link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/463254723/</link> + <description><p>Unfortunately, I haven&#8217;t had enough time to elucubrate about what I&#8217;ve seen and heard in Beijing. Therefore, this is going to be a random collection of thoughts. Maybe, in the future I will have the time to add some comments.</p> +<p>Let&#8217;s start with a big thank to the organization. Kudos to everyone. The closing ceremony with the authentic emotion of RedFlag 2000&#8217;s managing director is something that will remain in my heart forever.</p> +<p>The sightseeings were also unforgettable. Pictures of everything are <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/italo.vignoli">here</a>.</p> +<p>A couple of remarks about the opening ceremony: four hours without a (coffee) break have been difficult to manage, especially a few days after a long flight and several hours before the usual time zone, and the slides in Chinese about UOF could have been translated and projected in English on the second screen (which was there). They were extremely interesting, but we have lost most of them because of the translation.</p> +<p>OpenOffice.org is a mature project, which over the years has scaled to a level which was probably difficult to imagine back in 2001. The real strength of the project is the community of volunteers, although we can&#8217;t forget the support of companies such as Sun - the founder of the project - plus IBM, Novell and RedFlag 2000.</p> +<p>Without the community, though, OpenOffice.org would not be where it is today, because Sun has still to identify a real strategy to monetize the effort and the investment, Novell is stuck in between the development effort and the agreement with Microsoft, RedFlag 2000 is still too young in the community to be a strategic asset, and IBM is taking a lot more than what is giving (and will continue to do so in the future, IMHO).</p> +<p>The community is going to be key in the process towards interoperability, although the companies would really like to keep it off the table. The community wasn&#8217;t invited by Microsoft at their interoperability labs, the community wasn&#8217;t invited by IBM at the Beijing interoperability table (I&#8217;ve assisted for a couple of hours).</p> +<p>The community is key to reach the users (the fact that OpenOffice.org is stronger in France, Germany and Italy, where there&#8217;s a stronger and better organized community, it&#8217;s not a coincidence, and should be taken in due consideration by the companies), and the users are key for the success of a file format (users are individuals, enterprises and governments, both local and national).</p> +<p>Today, both IBM and Microsoft sit at the ODF interoperability table, together with several individuals and organizations. I strongly support the idea that Associazione PLIO should sit at the same table, in order to contribute to the development of the standard.</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags Start --></p> +<p>Technorati Tags:<br /> +<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/beijing" rel="tag">beijing</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf" rel="tag">odf</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooo%20conference" rel="tag">ooo conference</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/ooxml" rel="tag">ooxml</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice" rel="tag">openoffice</a> +</p> +<p><!-- Technorati Tags End --></p> + + +<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/11/02/beijing-im-coming/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Beijing, I&#8217;m coming">Beijing, I&#8217;m coming</a></li><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/02/22/open-letter-to-microsoft/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Open Letter to Microsoft">Open Letter to Microsoft</a></li><li><a href="http://www.italovignoli.org/2008/11/05/beijing-day-one-and-before/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Beijing, day one (and before)">Beijing, day one (and before)</a></li></ol></p><div class="feedflare"> +<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=W2U4N"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=W2U4N" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=g5h9N"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=g5h9N" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=bTNjn"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=bTNjn" border="0" /></a> +</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/463254723" height="1" width="1" /></description> + <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:00:14 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>John McCreesh: Good news for 330 million people</title> <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=607</guid> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2008/11/23/good-news-for-330-million-people/</link> @@ -226,15 +251,6 @@ <p>However, we&#8217;ve taken a &#8216;better safe than sorry&#8217; view, so when we do finally pop the champagne corks for ten million, we can do so with a clear conscience!</p></description> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Benjamin Horst: ODF Templates from IBM</title> - <guid>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=905</guid> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/905</link> - <description><p>IBM&#8217;s <a href="http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home">Lotus Symphony</a> was developed based on OpenOffice.org&#8217;s codebase and uses the same ODF (OpenDocument Format) as its standard file format.</p> -<p>To help users create attractive documents, <a href="http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/gallery.nsf/GalleryByDate?OpenView&Count=10">IBM has released a number of ODF file templates</a> for things like schedules, invoices, budgets, memos, letters and presentations. While promoted on Symphony&#8217;s website, these standard ODF files can be used in any compatible software suite, including <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a>, <a href="http://www.neooffice.org/">NeoOffice</a>, <a href="http://koffice.org/">KOffice</a> and many others.</p> -<p>Download and enjoy!</p></description> - <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:16:55 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
