User: jpmcc Date: 2009-03-19 00:01:37+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 Thu Mar 19 00:00:14 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=1.1641&r2=1.1642 Delta lines: +35 -36 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-03-18 18:01:20+0000 1.1641 +++ atom.xml 2009-03-19 00:01:33+0000 1.1642 @@ -5,9 +5,32 @@ <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>2009-03-18T18:00:24+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:34+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Sun rumours</title> + <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/03/18/sun-rumours/"/> + <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=651</id> + <updated>2009-03-18T19:19:51+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p><img class="size-full wp-image-652 alignright" title="Sun logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sunlogo.jpg" alt="Sun logo" width="118" height="85" /></p> +<p>So by now everyone will have heard <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/18/ibm_buying_sun/">the rumours</a> that IBM is considering making a bid for Sun Microsystems, founder and principle sponsor of the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org project</a>.</p> +<p>So, if this goes ahead - and it is only a rumour - what might this mean for OpenOffice.org? Sun&#8217;s role in OpenOffice.org has been the subject of sporadic sniping, usually, it must be said, from those who have a vested interest in seeing the relationship fail. However, my own view is that Sun&#8217;s role as principle sponsor works well - close on 50 million people have downloaded <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/">OpenOffice.org 3.0</a> from <a href="http://download.openoffice.org/">the OpenOffice.org free download site</a>, and every one of them sees the Sun Microsystems logo every time they start OpenOffice.org.</p> +<p>In return, Sun has kept a dedicated team of developers working on the project - some dating back to StarOffice days - and has actively supported the project in many, many other ways. At the same time it has kept at arms&#8217; length, and very rarely involved itself in the running of the project.</p> +<p>That&#8217;s a pretty good relationship to me. If IBM does eventually acquire Sun, and if it does build a similar relationship with the OpenOffice.org community, then I will not be unhappy.</p></content> + <author> + <name>John McCreesh</name> + <uri>http://www.mealldubh.org</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org</title> + <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>2009-03-19T00:00:15+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + <entry> <title type="html">User Survey 2008 Qualitatively Revived â User comments about OpenOffice.org Impress</title> <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/user_survey_2008_qualitatively_revived"/> @@ -108,7 +131,7 @@ <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>2009-03-18T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:24+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -129,7 +152,7 @@ <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>2009-03-18T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:24+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -152,7 +175,7 @@ <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>2009-03-15T12:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -173,7 +196,7 @@ <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>2009-03-15T12:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -218,7 +241,7 @@ <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>2009-03-18T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:24+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -292,7 +315,7 @@ <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>2009-03-15T12:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -415,7 +438,7 @@ <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>2009-03-18T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:24+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -441,7 +464,7 @@ <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>2009-03-15T12:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -498,7 +521,7 @@ <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>2009-03-18T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:24+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -560,7 +583,7 @@ <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>2009-03-15T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -580,31 +603,7 @@ <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>2009-03-18T18:00:16+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">North by South Interviews Claudio Filho of BrOffice</title> - <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1040"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1040</id> - <updated>2009-03-02T13:45:11+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>Claudio Filho started and leads BrOffice.org, the project to translate and distribute OpenOffice.org in the Brazilian market. (BrOffice.org is the official Brazilian community of OpenOffice.org, which had to choose a different name because the trademark for &#8220;OpenOffice&#8221; in Brazil was already held by another company.)</p> -<p>Last fall (August, 2008), <a href="http://news.northxsouth.com/interview-claudio-filho-from-broffice-brazil/">North by South interviewed Filho about the BrOffice project</a>. Already one of the largest native language communities, it has also seen great success with wide government and popular support across the country.</p> -<p>One of the motivations is, of course, cost efficiency in economic development:</p> -<blockquote><p>It becomes absurd when we compare it with practical matters, like how much this means in soy or oranges, products that generates jobs, income and currency to the country. To have an idea., 1 copy of (M$) Office costs the equivalent to 2 tons of soy, or worse, to 7 tons of oranges, approximately. However, these products generates how many jobs?! And how many families are fed with these jobs?! At this first analyzes we see that solutions like <a href="http://broffice.org/">BrOffice.org</a> are fundamental to Brazil.</p></blockquote> -<p>Beyond this, the BrOffice project works toward other important goals that will improve the development of Brazil. Filho predicts that further investment in BrOffice will quickly:</p> -<blockquote><p>increase the product development, generate jobs inside the community, establishment and expansion of knowledge (know-how) in the country, not to mention things like fighting digital exclusion and evasion of foreign exchange in the country.</p></blockquote></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>2009-03-17T18:00:25+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-19T00:00:24+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.1648&r2=1.1649 Delta lines: +19 -20 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-03-18 18:01:20+0000 1.1648 +++ index.html 2009-03-19 00:01:34+0000 1.1649 @@ -36,10 +36,28 @@ <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: March 18, 2009 06:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: March 19, 2009 12:00 AM GMT</em></p> <h2>March 18, 2009</h2> <h3> +<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> +John McCreesh</a> : +<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/03/18/sun-rumours/";> +Sun rumours</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p><img class="size-full wp-image-652 alignright" title="Sun logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sunlogo.jpg"; alt="Sun logo" width="118" height="85" /></p> +<p>So by now everyone will have heard <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/18/ibm_buying_sun/";>the rumours</a> that IBM is considering making a bid for Sun Microsystems, founder and principle sponsor of the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org project</a>.</p> +<p>So, if this goes ahead - and it is only a rumour - what might this mean for OpenOffice.org? Sun’s role in OpenOffice.org has been the subject of sporadic sniping, usually, it must be said, from those who have a vested interest in seeing the relationship fail. However, my own view is that Sun’s role as principle sponsor works well - close on 50 million people have downloaded <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/";>OpenOffice.org 3.0</a> from <a href="http://download.openoffice.org/";>the OpenOffice.org free download site</a>, and every one of them sees the Sun Microsystems logo every time they start OpenOffice.org.</p> +<p>In return, Sun has kept a dedicated team of developers working on the project - some dating back to StarOffice days - and has actively supported the project in many, many other ways. At the same time it has kept at arms’ length, and very rarely involved itself in the running of the project.</p> +<p>That’s a pretty good relationship to me. If IBM does eventually acquire Sun, and if it does build a similar relationship with the OpenOffice.org community, then I will not be unhappy.</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/03/18/sun-rumours/";>by John at March 18, 2009 07:19 PM GMT</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/user_survey_2008_qualitatively_revived";> @@ -535,25 +553,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> -Benjamin Horst</a> : -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1040";> -North by South Interviews Claudio Filho of BrOffice</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>Claudio Filho started and leads BrOffice.org, the project to translate and distribute OpenOffice.org in the Brazilian market. (BrOffice.org is the official Brazilian community of OpenOffice.org, which had to choose a different name because the trademark for “OpenOffice” in Brazil was already held by another company.)</p> -<p>Last fall (August, 2008), <a href="http://news.northxsouth.com/interview-claudio-filho-from-broffice-brazil/";>North by South interviewed Filho about the BrOffice project</a>. Already one of the largest native language communities, it has also seen great success with wide government and popular support across the country.</p> -<p>One of the motivations is, of course, cost efficiency in economic development:</p> -<blockquote><p>It becomes absurd when we compare it with practical matters, like how much this means in soy or oranges, products that generates jobs, income and currency to the country. To have an idea., 1 copy of (M$) Office costs the equivalent to 2 tons of soy, or worse, to 7 tons of oranges, approximately. However, these products generates how many jobs?! And how many families are fed with these jobs?! At this first analyzes we see that solutions like <a href="http://broffice.org/";>BrOffice.org</a> are fundamental to Brazil.</p></blockquote> -<p>Beyond this, the BrOffice project works toward other important goals that will improve the development of Brazil. Filho predicts that further investment in BrOffice will quickly:</p> -<blockquote><p>increase the product development, generate jobs inside the community, establishment and expansion of knowledge (know-how) in the country, not to mention things like fighting digital exclusion and evasion of foreign exchange in the country.</p></blockquote></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1040";>by Benjamin Horst at March 02, 2009 01:45 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=1.1641&r2=1.1642 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-03-18 18:01:21+0000 1.1641 +++ opml.xml 2009-03-19 00:01:35+0000 1.1642 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:00:24 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:35 +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=1.679&r2=1.680 Delta lines: +11 -12 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-03-18 12:01:26+0000 1.679 +++ rss10.xml 2009-03-19 00:01:35+0000 1.680 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=651"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/103f6811c256432e" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/9930f6bfac1660bb" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=649"; /> @@ -32,11 +33,20 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-7888011759649598452" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/03/thirty-years-old-and-still-no-tom-tom/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4bf4c8489d81ecc1" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1040"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=651";> + <title>John McCreesh: Sun rumours</title> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/03/18/sun-rumours/</link> + <content:encoded><p><img class="size-full wp-image-652 alignright" title="Sun logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sunlogo.jpg" alt="Sun logo" width="118" height="85" /></p> +<p>So by now everyone will have heard <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/18/ibm_buying_sun/">the rumours</a> that IBM is considering making a bid for Sun Microsystems, founder and principle sponsor of the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org project</a>.</p> +<p>So, if this goes ahead - and it is only a rumour - what might this mean for OpenOffice.org? Sun&#8217;s role in OpenOffice.org has been the subject of sporadic sniping, usually, it must be said, from those who have a vested interest in seeing the relationship fail. However, my own view is that Sun&#8217;s role as principle sponsor works well - close on 50 million people have downloaded <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/">OpenOffice.org 3.0</a> from <a href="http://download.openoffice.org/">the OpenOffice.org free download site</a>, and every one of them sees the Sun Microsystems logo every time they start OpenOffice.org.</p> +<p>In return, Sun has kept a dedicated team of developers working on the project - some dating back to StarOffice days - and has actively supported the project in many, many other ways. At the same time it has kept at arms&#8217; length, and very rarely involved itself in the running of the project.</p> +<p>That&#8217;s a pretty good relationship to me. If IBM does eventually acquire Sun, and if it does build a similar relationship with the OpenOffice.org community, then I will not be unhappy.</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-03-18T19:19:51+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/103f6811c256432e"> <title>GullFOSS: User Survey 2008 Qualitatively Revived â User comments about OpenOffice.org Impress</title> <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/user_survey_2008_qualitatively_revived</link> @@ -377,16 +387,5 @@ <dc:date>2009-03-02T19:32:51+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>Martin Hollmichel</dc:creator> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1040";> - <title>Benjamin Horst: North by South Interviews Claudio Filho of BrOffice</title> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1040</link> - <content:encoded><p>Claudio Filho started and leads BrOffice.org, the project to translate and distribute OpenOffice.org in the Brazilian market. 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And how many families are fed with these jobs?! At this first analyzes we see that solutions like <a href="http://broffice.org/">BrOffice.org</a> are fundamental to Brazil.</p></blockquote> -<p>Beyond this, the BrOffice project works toward other important goals that will improve the development of Brazil. Filho predicts that further investment in BrOffice will quickly:</p> -<blockquote><p>increase the product development, generate jobs inside the community, establishment and expansion of knowledge (know-how) in the country, not to mention things like fighting digital exclusion and evasion of foreign exchange in the country.</p></blockquote></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2009-03-02T13:45:11+00:00</dc:date> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.679&r2=1.680 Delta lines: +11 -12 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2009-03-18 12:01:26+0000 1.679 +++ rss20.xml 2009-03-19 00:01:35+0000 1.680 @@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>John McCreesh: Sun rumours</title> + <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=651</guid> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/03/18/sun-rumours/</link> + <description><p><img class="size-full wp-image-652 alignright" title="Sun logo" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sunlogo.jpg" alt="Sun logo" width="118" height="85" /></p> +<p>So by now everyone will have heard <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/18/ibm_buying_sun/">the rumours</a> that IBM is considering making a bid for Sun Microsystems, founder and principle sponsor of the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org project</a>.</p> +<p>So, if this goes ahead - and it is only a rumour - what might this mean for OpenOffice.org? Sun&#8217;s role in OpenOffice.org has been the subject of sporadic sniping, usually, it must be said, from those who have a vested interest in seeing the relationship fail. However, my own view is that Sun&#8217;s role as principle sponsor works well - close on 50 million people have downloaded <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/">OpenOffice.org 3.0</a> from <a href="http://download.openoffice.org/">the OpenOffice.org free download site</a>, and every one of them sees the Sun Microsystems logo every time they start OpenOffice.org.</p> +<p>In return, Sun has kept a dedicated team of developers working on the project - some dating back to StarOffice days - and has actively supported the project in many, many other ways. At the same time it has kept at arms&#8217; length, and very rarely involved itself in the running of the project.</p> +<p>That&#8217;s a pretty good relationship to me. If IBM does eventually acquire Sun, and if it does build a similar relationship with the OpenOffice.org community, then I will not be unhappy.</p></description> + <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:19:51 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>GullFOSS: User Survey 2008 Qualitatively Revived â User comments about OpenOffice.org Impress</title> <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/103f6811c256432e</guid> <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/user_survey_2008_qualitatively_revived</link> @@ -360,18 +371,6 @@ <p>Many thanks to Gerd for providing the <a href="http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/zones/">Solaris zone</a> , Andreas Bartel for tweaking the branding of the planets and <a href="http://planetplanet.org">planetplanet.org</a> for the great software !<br /></p></description> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:32:51 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Benjamin Horst: North by South Interviews Claudio Filho of BrOffice</title> - <guid>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1040</guid> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1040</link> - <description><p>Claudio Filho started and leads BrOffice.org, the project to translate and distribute OpenOffice.org in the Brazilian market. (BrOffice.org is the official Brazilian community of OpenOffice.org, which had to choose a different name because the trademark for &#8220;OpenOffice&#8221; in Brazil was already held by another company.)</p> -<p>Last fall (August, 2008), <a href="http://news.northxsouth.com/interview-claudio-filho-from-broffice-brazil/">North by South interviewed Filho about the BrOffice project</a>. Already one of the largest native language communities, it has also seen great success with wide government and popular support across the country.</p> -<p>One of the motivations is, of course, cost efficiency in economic development:</p> -<blockquote><p>It becomes absurd when we compare it with practical matters, like how much this means in soy or oranges, products that generates jobs, income and currency to the country. To have an idea., 1 copy of (M$) Office costs the equivalent to 2 tons of soy, or worse, to 7 tons of oranges, approximately. However, these products generates how many jobs?! And how many families are fed with these jobs?! At this first analyzes we see that solutions like <a href="http://broffice.org/">BrOffice.org</a> are fundamental to Brazil.</p></blockquote> -<p>Beyond this, the BrOffice project works toward other important goals that will improve the development of Brazil. Filho predicts that further investment in BrOffice will quickly:</p> -<blockquote><p>increase the product development, generate jobs inside the community, establishment and expansion of knowledge (know-how) in the country, not to mention things like fighting digital exclusion and evasion of foreign exchange in the country.</p></blockquote></description> - <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:45:11 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
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