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Log: Planet run at Wed Jul 1 12:00:13 BST 2009 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.2057&r2=1.2058 Delta lines: +38 -30 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-07-01 05:00:18+0000 1.2057 +++ atom.xml 2009-07-01 11:00:16+0000 1.2058 @@ -5,9 +5,39 @@ <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>2009-07-01T05:00:24+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-01T11:00:22+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Managerâs choice: spend some time or spend money</title> + <link href="http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/managers-choice-spend-some-time-or-spend-money/2009/07/01/"/> + <id>http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/managers-choice-spend-some-time-or-spend-money/2009/07/01/</id> + <updated>2009-07-01T06:11:10+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>All the software packages designed to do a certain task or job have differences in usage and looks. Buttons may be differently placed on the screen, workflow in some cases may differ from software to software, user interface will surely differ. But if they are mature applications they will certainly do the job they are supposed to do. All it takes is to learn how to use it. </p> +<p>When it comes to small packages, like for example a video player (Windows media player versus say Videolan) all things are quite easy as the main controls (Play, Stop, Rewind, etc.) are basically the same. So, using one or the other may be the same for a user. It becomes a bit more complicated when you try to manage advanced functions like playlists. There you will need a little more effort. </p> +<p>Same happens with larger software packages (for example an office suite like <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> versus Microsoft Office suite) but at a different level of effort. Everybody who is used with one of them tends to say that the other is not doing the job. This is only because using an office suite implies more than 3 or 4 controls like in the case of video players.</p> +<p>An employee will, in most cases, argue that the office suite he or she is used to is easier and better than the alternative presented in a test-run before a migration. And managers, afraid of loosing money because of the possible slowdown in productivity due to software change will tend to listen to what employees have to say.</p> +<p><strong>To state the obvious: being used to a certain software package does not mean it is easier to use or that it is better than the competition.</strong></p> +<p>All the software packages have, aside from features, some bugs and lots of workarounds to avoid the problems in usage they have. By using them you learn those workarounds and in time you tend to ignore the bugs. But learning those workarounds requires some effort.</p> +<p>Migrating an organization from a software package to another means developing and using a strategy in minimizing this effort of transition and identifying and dealing with the problems either real or imaginary. At this step, in the OpenOffice.org office suite case <a href="http://support.openoffice.org/">consultants and community support</a> may be of great help.</p> +<p>In times of economic downturn looking at software alternatives and taking the time to know them may make the difference between survival or bankruptcy, especially for small and medium enterprises. </p> +<p>Adoption of Free Open Source Software, like in our case the <a href="http://openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> office suite instead of spending money on software licenses - can let you direct financial resources to other areas of your business. All you have to do is study a bit, know the new software and stay focused on your experience, not on what others say.</p> +<p>Today&#8217;s financial difficulties sent many businesses back to the drawing boards in an effort to rethink their future and find new resources. One of those boards is the &#8220;cutting costs board&#8221; and one of the solutions is rebuilding the company&#8217;s IT strategy on Free Open Source Software.</p> +<p>Managers: Back there when there was only one office suite, you had no choice but to learn it together with it&#8217;s problems. And don&#8217;t tell me it was easy to do it. But now there are alternatives (with their own bigger or smaller, real or fake problems), but certainly with important advantages like no licensing costs. Spend some time to get acquainted with them. It saves your business money.</p> +<p>Need more information on migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org? Take a look at this <a href="http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/office_guides/microsoft_office_to_openoffice_migration/">migration guide</a>.</p></content> + <author> + <name>Christian Driga</name> + <uri>http://cdriga.kfacts.com</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">cdriga's blog on IT &amp; Open Source World » OpenOffice.org</title> + <subtitle type="html">Cristian Driga's weblog on Open Source Software and Information Technology.</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://cdriga.kfacts.com/category/open-source-world/openofficeorg/feed"/> + <id>http://cdriga.kfacts.com/category/open-source-world/openofficeorg/feed</id> + <updated>2009-07-01T11:00:20+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + <entry> <title type="html">New: OOo-DEV 3.1.1 Developer Snapshot (build OOO310_m14) available</title> <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_112"/> @@ -28,7 +58,7 @@ <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>2009-07-01T05:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-01T11:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -91,7 +121,7 @@ <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>2009-07-01T05:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-01T11:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -115,7 +145,7 @@ <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>2009-07-01T05:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-01T11:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -241,7 +271,7 @@ <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>2009-07-01T05:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-01T11:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -345,7 +375,7 @@ <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>2009-07-01T05:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-01T11:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -369,7 +399,7 @@ <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>2009-07-01T05:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-01T11:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -461,29 +491,7 @@ <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>2009-07-01T05:00:16+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">Adding a Dash to OpenOffice.org</title> - <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/06/03/adding-a-dash-to-openofficeorg/"/> - <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=700</id> - <updated>2009-06-03T19:23:25+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>There&#8217;s <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=2237707">an interesting conversation</a> going on just now on one of the OpenOffice.org <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org">Marketing Project</a> mailing lists. When you start up <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/">OpenOffice.org</a>, you can either go straight to an application like Writer, or else go to the Start Screen (that&#8217;s it below). While that&#8217;s all very well and good, it is a little &#8230; err &#8230; boring?<br /> -<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_now.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-704 alignnone" title="OpenOffice.org Start Screen" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_now_thumb.png" alt="OpenOffice.org Start Screen" width="200" height="161" /></a></p> -<p>Ben Horst has posted a suggesting for replacing this with a Dashboard (below), and has <a href="http://www.laboratory9.com/openoffice/oo_sample.php">posted a mock-up</a> for what it might look like. The key is that users could &#8216;do their own thing&#8217; with it - it would be a portal to a range of services provided by the OpenOffice.org Community - or anyone else. It&#8217;s certainly a neat idea, and something we&#8217;ll be recommending to the <a href="http://ux.openoffice.org/">User Experience Project</a>.<br /> -<a href="http://www.laboratory9.com/openoffice/oo_sample.php"><img class="size-full wp-image-703 alignnone" title="OpenOffice.org Dashboard" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_new_thumb.png" alt="OpenOffice.org Dashboard" width="200" height="110" /></a></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>2009-06-28T11:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-07-01T11:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.2064&r2=1.2065 Delta lines: +27 -19 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-07-01 05:00:20+0000 1.2064 +++ index.html 2009-07-01 11:00:17+0000 1.2065 @@ -36,8 +36,34 @@ <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: July 01, 2009 05:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: July 01, 2009 11:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<h2>July 01, 2009</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://cdriga.kfacts.com"; title="cdriga's blog on IT &amp; Open Source World » OpenOffice.org"> +Christian Driga</a> : +<a href="http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/managers-choice-spend-some-time-or-spend-money/2009/07/01/";> +Managerâs choice: spend some time or spend money</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>All the software packages designed to do a certain task or job have differences in usage and looks. Buttons may be differently placed on the screen, workflow in some cases may differ from software to software, user interface will surely differ. But if they are mature applications they will certainly do the job they are supposed to do. All it takes is to learn how to use it. </p> +<p>When it comes to small packages, like for example a video player (Windows media player versus say Videolan) all things are quite easy as the main controls (Play, Stop, Rewind, etc.) are basically the same. So, using one or the other may be the same for a user. It becomes a bit more complicated when you try to manage advanced functions like playlists. There you will need a little more effort. </p> +<p>Same happens with larger software packages (for example an office suite like <a href="http://www.openoffice.org";>OpenOffice.org</a> versus Microsoft Office suite) but at a different level of effort. Everybody who is used with one of them tends to say that the other is not doing the job. This is only because using an office suite implies more than 3 or 4 controls like in the case of video players.</p> +<p>An employee will, in most cases, argue that the office suite he or she is used to is easier and better than the alternative presented in a test-run before a migration. And managers, afraid of loosing money because of the possible slowdown in productivity due to software change will tend to listen to what employees have to say.</p> +<p><strong>To state the obvious: being used to a certain software package does not mean it is easier to use or that it is better than the competition.</strong></p> +<p>All the software packages have, aside from features, some bugs and lots of workarounds to avoid the problems in usage they have. By using them you learn those workarounds and in time you tend to ignore the bugs. But learning those workarounds requires some effort.</p> +<p>Migrating an organization from a software package to another means developing and using a strategy in minimizing this effort of transition and identifying and dealing with the problems either real or imaginary. At this step, in the OpenOffice.org office suite case <a href="http://support.openoffice.org/";>consultants and community support</a> may be of great help.</p> +<p>In times of economic downturn looking at software alternatives and taking the time to know them may make the difference between survival or bankruptcy, especially for small and medium enterprises. </p> +<p>Adoption of Free Open Source Software, like in our case the <a href="http://openoffice.org";>OpenOffice.org</a> office suite instead of spending money on software licenses - can let you direct financial resources to other areas of your business. All you have to do is study a bit, know the new software and stay focused on your experience, not on what others say.</p> +<p>Today’s financial difficulties sent many businesses back to the drawing boards in an effort to rethink their future and find new resources. One of those boards is the “cutting costs board” and one of the solutions is rebuilding the company’s IT strategy on Free Open Source Software.</p> +<p>Managers: Back there when there was only one office suite, you had no choice but to learn it together with it’s problems. And don’t tell me it was easy to do it. But now there are alternatives (with their own bigger or smaller, real or fake problems), but certainly with important advantages like no licensing costs. Spend some time to get acquainted with them. It saves your business money.</p> +<p>Need more information on migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org? Take a look at this <a href="http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/office_guides/microsoft_office_to_openoffice_migration/";>migration guide</a>.</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/managers-choice-spend-some-time-or-spend-money/2009/07/01/";>by cdriga at July 01, 2009 06:11 AM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>June 30, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> @@ -413,24 +439,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>June 03, 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/2009/06/03/adding-a-dash-to-openofficeorg/";> -Adding a Dash to OpenOffice.org</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>There’s <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=2237707";>an interesting conversation</a> going on just now on one of the OpenOffice.org <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org";>Marketing Project</a> mailing lists. When you start up <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/";>OpenOffice.org</a>, you can either go straight to an application like Writer, or else go to the Start Screen (that’s it below). While that’s all very well and good, it is a little … err … boring?<br /> -<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_now.png";><img class="size-full wp-image-704 alignnone" title="OpenOffice.org Start Screen" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_now_thumb.png"; alt="OpenOffice.org Start Screen" width="200" height="161" /></a></p> -<p>Ben Horst has posted a suggesting for replacing this with a Dashboard (below), and has <a href="http://www.laboratory9.com/openoffice/oo_sample.php";>posted a mock-up</a> for what it might look like. The key is that users could ‘do their own thing’ with it - it would be a portal to a range of services provided by the OpenOffice.org Community - or anyone else. It’s certainly a neat idea, and something we’ll be recommending to the <a href="http://ux.openoffice.org/";>User Experience Project</a>.<br /> -<a href="http://www.laboratory9.com/openoffice/oo_sample.php";><img class="size-full wp-image-703 alignnone" title="OpenOffice.org Dashboard" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_new_thumb.png"; alt="OpenOffice.org Dashboard" width="200" height="110" /></a></p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/06/03/adding-a-dash-to-openofficeorg/";>by John at June 03, 2009 07:23 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=1.2057&r2=1.2058 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-07-01 05:00:20+0000 1.2057 +++ opml.xml 2009-07-01 11:00:17+0000 1.2058 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:00:24 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:00:22 +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=1.779&r2=1.780 Delta lines: +18 -10 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-06-30 17:00:21+0000 1.779 +++ rss10.xml 2009-07-01 11:00:17+0000 1.780 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/managers-choice-spend-some-time-or-spend-money/2009/07/01/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/7dcdb8aa7b2670d7" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/3a435e15653c34ae" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/3684ee3f3a4d3230" /> @@ -32,11 +33,27 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/06/07/its-official-ms-office-looks-like-the-gimp/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-3404809581266549923" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d0f79a90819896d8" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=700"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/managers-choice-spend-some-time-or-spend-money/2009/07/01/";> + <title>Christian Driga: Managerâs choice: spend some time or spend money</title> + <link>http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/managers-choice-spend-some-time-or-spend-money/2009/07/01/</link> + <content:encoded><p>All the software packages designed to do a certain task or job have differences in usage and looks. Buttons may be differently placed on the screen, workflow in some cases may differ from software to software, user interface will surely differ. But if they are mature applications they will certainly do the job they are supposed to do. All it takes is to learn how to use it. </p> +<p>When it comes to small packages, like for example a video player (Windows media player versus say Videolan) all things are quite easy as the main controls (Play, Stop, Rewind, etc.) are basically the same. So, using one or the other may be the same for a user. It becomes a bit more complicated when you try to manage advanced functions like playlists. There you will need a little more effort. </p> +<p>Same happens with larger software packages (for example an office suite like <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> versus Microsoft Office suite) but at a different level of effort. Everybody who is used with one of them tends to say that the other is not doing the job. This is only because using an office suite implies more than 3 or 4 controls like in the case of video players.</p> +<p>An employee will, in most cases, argue that the office suite he or she is used to is easier and better than the alternative presented in a test-run before a migration. And managers, afraid of loosing money because of the possible slowdown in productivity due to software change will tend to listen to what employees have to say.</p> +<p><strong>To state the obvious: being used to a certain software package does not mean it is easier to use or that it is better than the competition.</strong></p> +<p>All the software packages have, aside from features, some bugs and lots of workarounds to avoid the problems in usage they have. By using them you learn those workarounds and in time you tend to ignore the bugs. But learning those workarounds requires some effort.</p> +<p>Migrating an organization from a software package to another means developing and using a strategy in minimizing this effort of transition and identifying and dealing with the problems either real or imaginary. At this step, in the OpenOffice.org office suite case <a href="http://support.openoffice.org/">consultants and community support</a> may be of great help.</p> +<p>In times of economic downturn looking at software alternatives and taking the time to know them may make the difference between survival or bankruptcy, especially for small and medium enterprises. </p> +<p>Adoption of Free Open Source Software, like in our case the <a href="http://openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> office suite instead of spending money on software licenses - can let you direct financial resources to other areas of your business. All you have to do is study a bit, know the new software and stay focused on your experience, not on what others say.</p> +<p>Today&#8217;s financial difficulties sent many businesses back to the drawing boards in an effort to rethink their future and find new resources. One of those boards is the &#8220;cutting costs board&#8221; and one of the solutions is rebuilding the company&#8217;s IT strategy on Free Open Source Software.</p> +<p>Managers: Back there when there was only one office suite, you had no choice but to learn it together with it&#8217;s problems. And don&#8217;t tell me it was easy to do it. But now there are alternatives (with their own bigger or smaller, real or fake problems), but certainly with important advantages like no licensing costs. Spend some time to get acquainted with them. It saves your business money.</p> +<p>Need more information on migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org? Take a look at this <a href="http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/office_guides/microsoft_office_to_openoffice_migration/">migration guide</a>.</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-07-01T06:11:10+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/7dcdb8aa7b2670d7"> <title>GullFOSS: New: OOo-DEV 3.1.1 Developer Snapshot (build OOO310_m14) available</title> <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_112</link> @@ -261,14 +278,5 @@ <dc:date>2009-06-04T16:59:25+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>PhilippL</dc:creator> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=700";> - <title>John McCreesh: Adding a Dash to OpenOffice.org</title> - <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/06/03/adding-a-dash-to-openofficeorg/</link> - <content:encoded><p>There&#8217;s <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=2237707">an interesting conversation</a> going on just now on one of the OpenOffice.org <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org">Marketing Project</a> mailing lists. When you start up <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/">OpenOffice.org</a>, you can either go straight to an application like Writer, or else go to the Start Screen (that&#8217;s it below). While that&#8217;s all very well and good, it is a little &#8230; err &#8230; boring?<br /> -<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_now.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-704 alignnone" title="OpenOffice.org Start Screen" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_now_thumb.png" alt="OpenOffice.org Start Screen" width="200" height="161" /></a></p> -<p>Ben Horst has posted a suggesting for replacing this with a Dashboard (below), and has <a href="http://www.laboratory9.com/openoffice/oo_sample.php">posted a mock-up</a> for what it might look like. The key is that users could &#8216;do their own thing&#8217; with it - it would be a portal to a range of services provided by the OpenOffice.org Community - or anyone else. It&#8217;s certainly a neat idea, and something we&#8217;ll be recommending to the <a href="http://ux.openoffice.org/">User Experience Project</a>.<br /> -<a href="http://www.laboratory9.com/openoffice/oo_sample.php"><img class="size-full wp-image-703 alignnone" title="OpenOffice.org Dashboard" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_new_thumb.png" alt="OpenOffice.org Dashboard" width="200" height="110" /></a></p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2009-06-03T19:23:25+00:00</dc:date> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.779&r2=1.780 Delta lines: +18 -10 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2009-06-30 17:00:21+0000 1.779 +++ rss20.xml 2009-07-01 11:00:17+0000 1.780 @@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>Christian Driga: Managerâs choice: spend some time or spend money</title> + <guid>http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/managers-choice-spend-some-time-or-spend-money/2009/07/01/</guid> + <link>http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/managers-choice-spend-some-time-or-spend-money/2009/07/01/</link> + <description><p>All the software packages designed to do a certain task or job have differences in usage and looks. Buttons may be differently placed on the screen, workflow in some cases may differ from software to software, user interface will surely differ. But if they are mature applications they will certainly do the job they are supposed to do. All it takes is to learn how to use it. </p> +<p>When it comes to small packages, like for example a video player (Windows media player versus say Videolan) all things are quite easy as the main controls (Play, Stop, Rewind, etc.) are basically the same. So, using one or the other may be the same for a user. It becomes a bit more complicated when you try to manage advanced functions like playlists. There you will need a little more effort. </p> +<p>Same happens with larger software packages (for example an office suite like <a href="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> versus Microsoft Office suite) but at a different level of effort. Everybody who is used with one of them tends to say that the other is not doing the job. This is only because using an office suite implies more than 3 or 4 controls like in the case of video players.</p> +<p>An employee will, in most cases, argue that the office suite he or she is used to is easier and better than the alternative presented in a test-run before a migration. And managers, afraid of loosing money because of the possible slowdown in productivity due to software change will tend to listen to what employees have to say.</p> +<p><strong>To state the obvious: being used to a certain software package does not mean it is easier to use or that it is better than the competition.</strong></p> +<p>All the software packages have, aside from features, some bugs and lots of workarounds to avoid the problems in usage they have. By using them you learn those workarounds and in time you tend to ignore the bugs. But learning those workarounds requires some effort.</p> +<p>Migrating an organization from a software package to another means developing and using a strategy in minimizing this effort of transition and identifying and dealing with the problems either real or imaginary. At this step, in the OpenOffice.org office suite case <a href="http://support.openoffice.org/">consultants and community support</a> may be of great help.</p> +<p>In times of economic downturn looking at software alternatives and taking the time to know them may make the difference between survival or bankruptcy, especially for small and medium enterprises. </p> +<p>Adoption of Free Open Source Software, like in our case the <a href="http://openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a> office suite instead of spending money on software licenses - can let you direct financial resources to other areas of your business. All you have to do is study a bit, know the new software and stay focused on your experience, not on what others say.</p> +<p>Today&#8217;s financial difficulties sent many businesses back to the drawing boards in an effort to rethink their future and find new resources. One of those boards is the &#8220;cutting costs board&#8221; and one of the solutions is rebuilding the company&#8217;s IT strategy on Free Open Source Software.</p> +<p>Managers: Back there when there was only one office suite, you had no choice but to learn it together with it&#8217;s problems. And don&#8217;t tell me it was easy to do it. But now there are alternatives (with their own bigger or smaller, real or fake problems), but certainly with important advantages like no licensing costs. Spend some time to get acquainted with them. It saves your business money.</p> +<p>Need more information on migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org? Take a look at this <a href="http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/office_guides/microsoft_office_to_openoffice_migration/">migration guide</a>.</p></description> + <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:11:10 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>GullFOSS: New: OOo-DEV 3.1.1 Developer Snapshot (build OOO310_m14) available</title> <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/7dcdb8aa7b2670d7</guid> <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_112</link> @@ -243,16 +261,6 @@ <p>Even if there are still some issues to solve and the UI to be finalized: I think we're well on the way to have a new improved print interface for OpenOffice.org 3.2. Let me thank all the people making this possible: Mathias Bauer (Sfx), Andre Fischer (Impress), Thomas Lange (Writer), Christian Lippka (Impress), Niklas Nebel (Calc), Christoph Noack (User Experience). Thanks for your hard work; I know your schedules are tight even without this.<br /></p></description> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:59:25 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>John McCreesh: Adding a Dash to OpenOffice.org</title> - <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=700</guid> - <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/06/03/adding-a-dash-to-openofficeorg/</link> - <description><p>There&#8217;s <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=2237707">an interesting conversation</a> going on just now on one of the OpenOffice.org <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org">Marketing Project</a> mailing lists. When you start up <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/">OpenOffice.org</a>, you can either go straight to an application like Writer, or else go to the Start Screen (that&#8217;s it below). While that&#8217;s all very well and good, it is a little &#8230; err &#8230; boring?<br /> -<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_now.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-704 alignnone" title="OpenOffice.org Start Screen" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_now_thumb.png" alt="OpenOffice.org Start Screen" width="200" height="161" /></a></p> -<p>Ben Horst has posted a suggesting for replacing this with a Dashboard (below), and has <a href="http://www.laboratory9.com/openoffice/oo_sample.php">posted a mock-up</a> for what it might look like. The key is that users could &#8216;do their own thing&#8217; with it - it would be a portal to a range of services provided by the OpenOffice.org Community - or anyone else. It&#8217;s certainly a neat idea, and something we&#8217;ll be recommending to the <a href="http://ux.openoffice.org/">User Experience Project</a>.<br /> -<a href="http://www.laboratory9.com/openoffice/oo_sample.php"><img class="size-full wp-image-703 alignnone" title="OpenOffice.org Dashboard" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ooo_start_new_thumb.png" alt="OpenOffice.org Dashboard" width="200" height="110" /></a></p></description> - <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:23:25 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
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