User: jpmcc Date: 2009-02-15 18:01:08+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 Sun Feb 15 18:00:14 GMT 2009 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.1516&r2=1.1517 Delta lines: +48 -35 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-02-15 12:00:55+0000 1.1516 +++ atom.xml 2009-02-15 18:01:04+0000 1.1517 @@ -5,10 +5,45 @@ <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>2009-02-15T12:00:26+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-15T18:00:35+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">OOo-DEV 3.1 Developer Snapshot available</title> + <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/zcrQqrz3lh8/"/> + <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/2009/02/ooo-dev-31-developer-snapshot-available/</id> + <updated>2009-02-15T16:34:54+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO310_m1</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.1 has been uploaded to the mirror network.</p> +<p>If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org&#8217;s bug tracking system IssueTracker.</p> +<p>Please use the following link</p> +<p><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" title="Download page">http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html</a></p> +<p>Packages are also available from extended mirror sites (listed with an [E]) from the &#8220;&#8230;/extended/developer/OOO310_m1&#8243; directory: <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors#extmirrors">http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#extmirrors</a><br /> +MD5 checksums: <a title="Page containing MD5 checksums" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://download.openoffice.org/680/md5sums.html">http://download.openoffice.org/680/md5sums.html</a></p> +<p>[From <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_13"><cite>New: OOo-DEV 3.1 Developer Snapshot (build OOO310_m1) available</cite></a>]</p> + +<!-- start wp-tags-to-technorati 1.01 --> + +<p class="technorati-tags">Technorati Tags: <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/FOSS" rel="tag" target="_self">FOSS</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/open" rel="tag" target="_self">open</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice" rel="tag" target="_self">openoffice</a></p> + +<!-- end wp-tags-to-technorati --> + +<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/tVliB6D8VPByjvo39b2s4ssH4lA/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/tVliB6D8VPByjvo39b2s4ssH4lA/i" border="0" ismap="true" /></a></p><div class="feedflare"> +<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=I0Xqq32C"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?d=41" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=oW8bZseO"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?d=50" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=I1M1q86P"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=I1M1q86P" border="0" /></a> +</div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/zcrQqrz3lh8" height="1" width="1" /></content> + <author> + <name>Italo Vignoli</name> + <uri>http://www.italovignoli.org</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">OOopinions</title> + <subtitle type="html">marketing of open source software</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2"/> + <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2</id> + <updated>2009-02-15T18:00:29+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">RedOffice Offers OOo User Interface Ideas</title> <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/w7JZK8AS5xg/"/> <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/2009/02/redoffice-offers-ooo-user-interface-ideas/</id> @@ -44,7 +79,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">marketing of open source software</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2"/> <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2</id> - 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<updated>2009-02-14T18:00:32+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-15T18:00:29+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -400,7 +435,7 @@ <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>2009-02-15T12:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-15T18:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -424,7 +459,7 @@ <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>2009-02-15T12:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-15T18:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -508,7 +543,7 @@ <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>2009-02-15T12:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-15T18:00:19+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -537,7 +572,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">marketing of open source software</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2"/> <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2</id> - <updated>2009-02-14T18:00:32+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-15T18:00:29+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -574,7 +609,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">marketing of open source software</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2"/> <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2</id> - <updated>2009-02-14T18:00:32+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-02-15T18:00:29+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -627,26 +662,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">Is OpenOffice a Suitable Alternative for Schools?</title> - <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/992"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=992</id> - <updated>2009-02-03T14:32:20+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>In the handy discussion forums at <a href="http://www2.opensourceschools.org.uk/">Open Source Schools</a> (UK), a poster asks, &#8220;<a href="http://www2.opensourceschools.org.uk/open-office-suitable-alternative-use-microsoft-office-schools.html">Is OpenOffice a suitable alternative to the use of Microsoft Office in schools?</a>&#8221;</p> -<p>Members of the site are a mix of open source community members, computer-savvy teachers, and people with both skillsets.</p> -<p>Respondents to the original inquiry wrote things like, &#8220;I had no trouble moving to OpenOffice.org as it has at least 90% of the functionality of MS Office (the instant PDF adds another 5% for me) so most people can just start using it,&#8221; and &#8220;I have installed it on all our school machines (saving an absolute fortune) and (sneakily) removed the various versions of Microsoft Office. For the children there is absolutely no problem at all.&#8221; My favorite, however, is this: &#8220;We have used OpenOffice at Brewers Hill Middle School for the past 3 months. Half the kids did not notice the difference.&#8221; Either these kids are really smart, or OpenOffice is really good, or perhaps both&#8230;</p> -<p>As might be expected, some people pointed out the social difficulty of convincing teachers to change to a new product they may not have used before. Social change, not technological capability is, indeed, the toughest part of any software migration. Anyone whose job involves making shifts like the migration from MSO to OOo should be sure to focus sufficient energy on this aspect of the project. But as more and more schools and offices begin to adopt OpenOffice, the task will get progressively easier for each group that subsequently migrates.</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>2009-02-13T18:00:16+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.1523&r2=1.1524 Delta lines: +32 -19 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-02-15 12:00:56+0000 1.1523 +++ index.html 2009-02-15 18:01:05+0000 1.1524 @@ -37,8 +37,39 @@ <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: February 15, 2009 12:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: February 15, 2009 06:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<h2>February 15, 2009</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.italovignoli.org"; title="OOopinions"> +Italo Vignoli</a> : +<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/zcrQqrz3lh8/";> +OOo-DEV 3.1 Developer Snapshot available</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO310_m1</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.1 has been uploaded to the mirror network.</p> +<p>If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org’s bug tracking system IssueTracker.</p> +<p>Please use the following link</p> +<p><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html"; class="moz-txt-link-freetext" title="Download page">http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html</a></p> +<p>Packages are also available from extended mirror sites (listed with an [E]) from the “…/extended/developer/OOO310_m1″ directory: <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors#extmirrors";>http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/#extmirrors</a><br /> +MD5 checksums: <a title="Page containing MD5 checksums" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://download.openoffice.org/680/md5sums.html";>http://download.openoffice.org/680/md5sums.html</a></p> +<p>[From <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_13";><cite>New: OOo-DEV 3.1 Developer Snapshot (build OOO310_m1) available</cite></a>]</p> + +<!-- start wp-tags-to-technorati 1.01 --> + +<p class="technorati-tags">Technorati Tags: <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/FOSS"; rel="tag" target="_self">FOSS</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/open"; rel="tag" target="_self">open</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/openoffice"; rel="tag" target="_self">openoffice</a></p> + +<!-- end wp-tags-to-technorati --> + +<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/tVliB6D8VPByjvo39b2s4ssH4lA/a";><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/tVliB6D8VPByjvo39b2s4ssH4lA/i"; border="0" ismap="true" /></a></p><div class="feedflare"> +<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=I0Xqq32C";><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?d=41"; border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=oW8bZseO";><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?d=50"; border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?a=I1M1q86P";><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~f/ItalosOOoBlog?i=I1M1q86P"; border="0" /></a> +</div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/zcrQqrz3lh8"; height="1" width="1" /></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/zcrQqrz3lh8/";>by italovignoli at February 15, 2009 04:34 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>February 14, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org"; title="OOopinions"> @@ -574,24 +605,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>February 03, 2009</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> -Benjamin Horst</a> : -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/992";> -Is OpenOffice a Suitable Alternative for Schools?</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>In the handy discussion forums at <a href="http://www2.opensourceschools.org.uk/";>Open Source Schools</a> (UK), a poster asks, “<a href="http://www2.opensourceschools.org.uk/open-office-suitable-alternative-use-microsoft-office-schools.html";>Is OpenOffice a suitable alternative to the use of Microsoft Office in schools?</a>”</p> -<p>Members of the site are a mix of open source community members, computer-savvy teachers, and people with both skillsets.</p> -<p>Respondents to the original inquiry wrote things like, “I had no trouble moving to OpenOffice.org as it has at least 90% of the functionality of MS Office (the instant PDF adds another 5% for me) so most people can just start using it,” and “I have installed it on all our school machines (saving an absolute fortune) and (sneakily) removed the various versions of Microsoft Office. For the children there is absolutely no problem at all.” My favorite, however, is this: “We have used OpenOffice at Brewers Hill Middle School for the past 3 months. Half the kids did not notice the difference.” Either these kids are really smart, or OpenOffice is really good, or perhaps both…</p> -<p>As might be expected, some people pointed out the social difficulty of convincing teachers to change to a new product they may not have used before. Social change, not technological capability is, indeed, the toughest part of any software migration. Anyone whose job involves making shifts like the migration from MSO to OOo should be sure to focus sufficient energy on this aspect of the project. But as more and more schools and offices begin to adopt OpenOffice, the task will get progressively easier for each group that subsequently migrates.</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/992";>by Benjamin Horst at February 03, 2009 02:32 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=1.1516&r2=1.1517 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-02-15 12:00:56+0000 1.1516 +++ opml.xml 2009-02-15 18:01:05+0000 1.1517 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:00:26 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:00:36 +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=1.639&r2=1.640 Delta lines: +23 -10 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-02-14 18:01:06+0000 1.639 +++ rss10.xml 2009-02-15 18:01:05+0000 1.640 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/2009/02/ooo-dev-31-developer-snapshot-available/"; 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