User: jpmcc Date: 2009-10-20 20:34:42+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml
Log: Planet run at Tue Oct 20 22:32:00 CEST 2009 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.2490&r2=1.2491 Delta lines: +21 -21 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-10-20 05:01:36+0000 1.2490 +++ atom.xml 2009-10-20 20:34:39+0000 1.2491 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:01:28+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:10+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">News and interesting stories about OpenOffice.org and other open source solutions.</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632</id> - <updated>2009-10-19T17:01:25+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:15:11+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:03+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Okay, sometimes you can read about Lotus Notes too</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2009-10-19T17:01:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:15:12+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ Okay, sometimes you can read about Lotus Notes too</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2009-10-19T17:01:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:15:12+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ <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>2009-10-19T17:01:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:06+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ Okay, sometimes you can read about Lotus Notes too</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2009-10-19T17:01:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:15:12+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:25+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:02+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ Okay, sometimes you can read about Lotus Notes too</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2009-10-19T17:01:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:15:12+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ <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>2009-10-20T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:32:04+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ Okay, sometimes you can read about Lotus Notes too</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2009-10-19T17:01:31+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-10-20T20:15:12+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.2497&r2=1.2498 Delta lines: +21 -21 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-10-20 05:01:37+0000 1.2497 +++ index.html 2009-10-20 20:34:40+0000 1.2498 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ <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: October 20, 2009 05:01 AM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: October 20, 2009 08:32 PM CET</em></p> <h2>October 18, 2009</h2> <h3> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ <p> Have a look at the <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Feature_Freeze_Testing_3.2";>features and enhancements</a> of the upcoming OpenOffice.org 3.2 release <a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/";>with our beta version</a>. The final release is expected for December.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4887643299605448632-5304116295991727757?l=ooomarketing.blogspot.com"; /></div></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2009/10/beta-release-of-openofficeorg-32.html";>by floeff ([email protected]) at October 18, 2009 02:25 PM BST</a></em> +<em><a href="http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2009/10/beta-release-of-openofficeorg-32.html";>by floeff ([email protected]) at October 18, 2009 02:25 PM CEST</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ <p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=142&akst_action=share-this"; title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_142" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> </p></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/10/16/9-years-of-magic/";>by Charles at October 16, 2009 04:24 PM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/10/16/9-years-of-magic/";>by Charles at October 16, 2009 04:24 PM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ <p>Release Notes:<br /><a title="Release Notes" href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m2_snapshot.html";>http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m2_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m2_md5sums.txt"; title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m2_md5sums.txt</a></p></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_21";>by Marcus Lange at October 16, 2009 01:27 PM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_21";>by Marcus Lange at October 16, 2009 01:27 PM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ <p>Dear QA team,</p> <p>please install the <a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next"; title="OpenOffice.org developer snapshot builds and release candidates">OOO320_m2 developer snapshot build</a> (called OpenOffice.org 3.2 Beta) and test this version. If you think that bugs you found within this version are show stoppers for OpenOffice.org 3.2 then please report these bugs/issues to the bug reporting application IssueTracker at <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/pre_submission.html";>http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/pre_submission.html</a> and notify the <a href="mailto:[email protected]"; title="Releases mailing list">releases mailing list</a>. Note: this version does not include current localization.<br /></p></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/openoffice_org_3_2_beta";>by Joost Andrae at October 16, 2009 09:39 AM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/openoffice_org_3_2_beta";>by Joost Andrae at October 16, 2009 09:39 AM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ <p>Best regards,</p> <p>The Project Renaissance Team </p></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/impress_click_map_what_s";>by frankl at October 16, 2009 09:18 AM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/impress_click_map_what_s";>by frankl at October 16, 2009 09:18 AM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ <p>So to the millions of OOo users and community members, eat, drink and be merry! It is wonderful to have something to celebrate.<br />;-)<br />Liz </p> <p> </p></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/happy_9th_birthday_openoffice_org";>by Elizabeth Matthis at October 13, 2009 07:04 PM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/happy_9th_birthday_openoffice_org";>by Elizabeth Matthis at October 13, 2009 07:04 PM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ <p> Just to let you know, we are experiencing a very important breakthrough in the municipalities right now.City of Gribskov has been using OpenOffice for a few years.City of Tønder has been using OpenOffice in schools for about a year.City of Lyngby-Taarbæk has decided to use OpenOffice in schools. According to the local newspaper this is only the first step towards a compete change from MS to</p> <p> -<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-danish-municipalities-under-way.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at October 12, 2009 09:45 PM BST</a></em> +<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-danish-municipalities-under-way.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at October 12, 2009 09:45 PM CEST</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ <p> When OpenOffice became operational last Wednesday ,the mayor Rolf Aagaard-Svendsen (K) was happy with the prospect of reducing the cost of software. Rolf Aagaard-Svendsen said:There are many advantages to this. Among other things, it's free. The system is fully comparable with commercial systemsEnglish translation of newspaper article:http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=da&js=y&u=</p> <p> -<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/10/mayor-says-it-is-fully-comparable-with.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at October 10, 2009 05:10 PM BST</a></em> +<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/10/mayor-says-it-is-fully-comparable-with.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at October 10, 2009 05:10 PM CEST</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ <p>Release Notes:<br /><a href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/DEV300_m61_snapshot.html"; title="Release Notes">http://development.openoffice.org/releases/DEV300_m61_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a title="Page containing MD5 checksums" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/DEV300_m61_md5sums.txt";>http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/DEV300_m61_md5sums.txt</a></p></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_x15";>by Marcus Lange at October 09, 2009 05:49 PM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_x15";>by Marcus Lange at October 09, 2009 05:49 PM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ <p> </p> </div></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/community_work_in_the_framework1";>by Carsten Driesner at October 09, 2009 02:00 PM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/community_work_in_the_framework1";>by Carsten Driesner at October 09, 2009 02:00 PM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ <p>Release Notes:<br /><a title="Release Notes" href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m1_snapshot.html";>http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m1_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m1_md5sums.txt"; title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m1_md5sums.txt</a></p></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_2";>by Marcus Lange at October 09, 2009 10:38 AM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_2";>by Marcus Lange at October 09, 2009 10:38 AM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ </tbody> </table></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_chart_features_in_openoffice2";>by Ingrid Halama at October 06, 2009 04:21 PM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_chart_features_in_openoffice2";>by Ingrid Halama at October 06, 2009 04:21 PM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ available - please see the ‘Sponsors’ link on the website.</p> <p>The Conference Team</p></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/come-to-italy-for-the-openofficeorg-annnual-conference/2009/10/06/";>by cdriga at October 06, 2009 10:26 AM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://cdriga.kfacts.com/open-source-world/come-to-italy-for-the-openofficeorg-annnual-conference/2009/10/06/";>by cdriga at October 06, 2009 10:26 AM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ <p><br /></p> </div></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/unified_odf_icons";>by lutz at October 04, 2009 10:37 PM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/unified_odf_icons";>by lutz at October 04, 2009 10:37 PM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ <p> Localizing a complex application like OpenOffice.org is much more than just translating the user interface.The Danish community has for years been working on several strings: We must of cause keep up with translating the application. Right now we are in a working on translation of version 3.2. We have more than 73.000 strings at the moment. We would very much like to get the manuals from</p> <p> -<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/10/localization.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at October 04, 2009 10:22 PM BST</a></em> +<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/10/localization.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at October 04, 2009 10:22 PM CEST</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ <p>Having missed the Beijing Conference last year, I’m looking forward to meeting up again with all my old friends and no doubt making some new ones. OK, we have mailing lists, email, IRC, we can follow each others’ posts on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter … but nothing beats a good conversation over dinner and drinks late into the night…</p> <p>If you’re an OpenOffice.org enthusiast and you’ve never been to an OOoCon – why not give this one a try?</p></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/10/01/nearly-there/";>by John at October 01, 2009 09:17 PM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/10/01/nearly-there/";>by John at October 01, 2009 09:17 PM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ <p> The registration for the annual OOoCon is now open http://conference.services.openoffice.org/index.php/ooocon/2009/schedConf/registration.</p> <p> -<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/10/registration-is-open.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at October 01, 2009 01:02 PM BST</a></em> +<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/10/registration-is-open.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at October 01, 2009 01:02 PM CEST</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ <p> I am just back from almost an all India Tour. I was part of this "<a href="http://bosslinux.in/open-source-demystified-a-series-of-one-day-workshop-cum-demo-on-open-source-software-tools-technologies";>Opensource Demystified</a>" Workshop Series organised by <a href="http://bosslinux.in/";>BOSS Linux</a> Team for government offcials. We did this roadshow in all the major cities in India including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore";>Bangalore</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noida";>NOIDA</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohali";>Mohali</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad,_India";>Hyderabad</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata";>Kolkata</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram";>Trivandrum</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi";>Delhi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai";>Mumbai</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai";>Chennai</a>.<br /><br />The workshop was aimed at senior Government officials who wanted to know more about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software";>open source software</a> and how it could help them. At each venue about 100-150 ppl attended the one day workshop which covered introduction to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software";>FOSS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux";>Linux</a>, Applications, Migration path and Case studies.<br /><br />Needless to say, when you are introducing open source software to non IT people like senior officers and directors of departments like transport and agriculture, you have to start from basics and explain to people everything right from what is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement_of_software";>piracy</a> and what is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software";>proprietary software</a>.<br /><br />It was a great learning exercise in trying to share with them advantages of open source software. In the process we invented a lot of analogies to explain the FOSS concepts. I am sharing in this post the way I explained some of the FOSS related queries.<br /><br /><span>1) What is open source philosophy?</span><br /><br /><br />Yeah... in such workshops we really start from start, like this question; What is open source philosophy? For a start we compared it to wisdom for explaining. You could say that wisdom or a good advice is something that you give to people and then they pass it on to others with modification and thus it grows richer and is applied to varied fields. We had used this cliched blah umpteen times and i got bored of it.<br /><br />I invented a new one. Suppose you and your partner go to a restaurant and like a particular item that was served. What you would immediately wonder is how that dish was prepared. You either ask the chef or try to look up the internet for the recipe. Once you get it, you try it out at home and then also modify it to suit more to your taste. You enjoy it and you also pass it on to your neighbors who pass it on to others with their own modifications and additions.<br /><br />Open source software philosophy can be compared to such evolution of recipes.<br /><br />People found this comparison more amusing than the wisdom one.<br /><br /><br /><span><br />2) Why do we need the source code?</span><br /><br />Most of the common computer users do not appreciate the need of availability of source code of an application. To explain to them why availability of source code is an important deal can be really tricky.<br /><br />To explain this aspect, I asked my audience why aren't they generally happy with government processes. Almost all of them say that it is due to the non-transparent behavior of some of the government officials. I used that response against them. If they expect accountability & transparency from the government cos they are tax payers, why can't they expect the source code from the software vendors to know how their software works when they are paying for it? This stumps most of the people. Suddenly I see that nod of agreement in most of the people. And by the time they can think of any arguments to that, I would have already moved on to next slide ;-)<br /><span><br />3) How does one earn from open source?</span><br /><br />Yet another big question. And the cliched response to that is "Open source software guys earn thru services and support". I realised that, people are just not able to understand that concept. They start arguing that if i know how to operate a software and know how it works (cos of availability of source code), why would i need service and support?<br /><br />For this, i generally ask the audience if they know the basic housekeeping jobs like sweeping, washing clothes, dusting etc. Almost all of them respond with a 'yes'. Then I ask them how many of them have house maids? Majority of them raise their hands. Their question gets answered. Sometime we do outsource things that we know how to do because that saves our time which we can use to do more productive work. Services and support are like that, so that we don't have to invest our time into things for which there are specialised people.<br /><br /><span>4) Is there an anti-virus for Linux?</span><br /><br />Almost everywhere people ask this question. And i tried explaining to them that Linux is highly virus resistant and the architecture consisting of <a href="http://www.freeos.com/articles/4440/";>user level permissions</a>, lack of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry";>registry </a>files, no <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/127880/bugs_and_fixes_internet_explorer_7_proves_buggy_already.html";>Internet Explorer</a> and centrally managed repository makes it virtually impossible for viruses and spywares to creep in. But somehow i noticed that people did not get amply convinced. At Kolkata, an officer from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Navy";>Indian Navy</a> walked upto me in the tea break and patronizingly said, "Raman, though i appreciate your effort in explaining that Linux in virus resistant, the general <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows";>Windows</a> user has got so much used to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antivirus_software";>Antivirus</a> softwares that s/he cannot feel secure working on a system without it." I changed my slides. I still explain to them Linux is virus resistant but add that if they still need one for additional protection, they have <a href="http://www.clamav.net/";>CLAM AV</a>. People are happier now.<br /><br /><span>5) How can open source software be more secure?</span><br /><br />This is another question that people get baffled with. I was reminded of it cos of <a href="http://rkvsraman.blogspot.com/2009/09/questions-people-ask-about-open-source.html#c1815197339134339593";>Jaytirth's comment</a>. Normal people associate security with locking up things like their cash. jewels, bonds etc. To them, it would seem that open source is 'less' secure cos it is available in open.<br /><br />To them you need to explain that what is available in the open as source code is the material with which you build your 'secure safe'. So you need to have full access to the raw material to see if there are any defects to it. That's where I bring in the <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr//writings/homesteading/cathedral-bazaar/";>thousand eyeballs</a> concept by telling that it is easier for 100 ppl in the room to find a lost clip than for a single or a handful of people to do. Same is the case with finding bugs and vulnerabilities in a software. Open source enables more people to have a closer, critical look at the software. One important reason why there are less viruses and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware";>spywares</a> over here.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span>6) Why are open standards important?</span><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standard";>Open standards</a> is tough to explain to guys who have their souls sold to Microsoft Office and think that DOC, XLS and PPT are standard document formats. Bringing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument";>ODF</a> into their thought process is a nightmare.<br /><br />I used my <a href="http://rkvsraman.blogspot.com/2007/02/tale-of-two-speedometers.html";>Bajaj Scooter</a> as an example. Bajaj stopped making the most famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajaj_Chetak";>Chetak</a> model sometime back. Thousands of people own that model of scooter in India and I was sure that atleast 30% of my audience would own it. I asked them what do they do if the clutch handle breaks or the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spark_plug";>spark plug</a> needs replacement. "We get it from any spare parts manufacturer" comes the reply. That helps me explain the concept of standards based document formats. I ask them to imagine if Microsoft goes out of business or decides to hike the price of its office suite so much that it becomes unaffordable. That's when documents created in formats which are open are of help because you no longer are dependent on a certain vendor. New softwares can be developed to read those documents. That wins me a lot of new users for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org";>OpenOffice.org</a> which is ODF compliant.<br /><span><br />7) How do we migrate to Linux?</span><br /><br />At the end we get this question.<a href="http://www.atc.tcs.com/esecurity-people";> Sitaram Chamarty</a> from TCS had a nice answer to it. The best way to migrate was by first creating an inventory of systems in the organization. Identify and classify them into categories. The categories could be<br /><br />i) General Office users<br />ii) Specialized application users<br /><br />and i add the third one<br /><br />iii) Pirated Windows users.<br /><br />If you see any normal office space, most of the people would fall in (i) and (iii). People falling in third category need to migrated first cos they can cause damage to the data and reputation of the organization. Then people falling in second category. Applications which run on both platforms like <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/";>Firefox</a> , <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org</a> , <a href="http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/";>Thunderbird</a> and <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/";>Sunbird</a> can be installed first so that migration shock and resistance can be avoided.<br /><br /><br />These were some of the major questions that we tried to address in our workshops.<br /><br />There were also questions like "How do I become important in a FOSS community?" and some others like "Isn't FOSS killing service oriented software industry in India?"<br /><br />Each one of them need a separate post. Maybe sometime later.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Links added with <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9003";>LinkIt</a><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10980468-3107173422406724540?l=rkvsraman.blogspot.com"; /></div></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://rkvsraman.blogspot.com/2009/09/questions-people-ask-about-open-source.html";>by RKVS Raman at October 01, 2009 05:04 AM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://rkvsraman.blogspot.com/2009/09/questions-people-ask-about-open-source.html";>by RKVS Raman at October 01, 2009 05:04 AM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ Please continue to support our step by step effort to reach an improved UI.<br /> <br />The Renaissance Team </p></p> <p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/results_of_the_renaissance_prototype";>by Elizabeth Matthis at September 30, 2009 12:17 PM GMT</a></em> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/results_of_the_renaissance_prototype";>by Elizabeth Matthis at September 30, 2009 12:17 PM CET</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> @@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ <p> Lyngby-Taarbaek switches to OpenOffice: Will prevent illegal downloadingAll students and teachers in Lyngby-Taarbaek Municipality is now offered free office suite OpenOffice. It may be the same, and students are not tempted to illegal downloads of Microsoft Office, says the CIO.Danish news (translated by Google): http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=da&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%</p> <p> -<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/09/yet-another-city.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at September 29, 2009 04:41 PM BST</a></em> +<em><a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/09/yet-another-city.html";>by Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at September 29, 2009 04:41 PM CEST</a></em> </p> <br /> <hr /> File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.2490&r2=1.2491 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-10-20 05:01:37+0000 1.2490 +++ opml.xml 2009-10-20 20:34:40+0000 1.2491 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:01:29 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:32:10 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Marketing Project</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[email protected]</ownerEmail> </head> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
