User: jpmcc Date: 2009-11-28 18:04:02+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 Sat Nov 28 19:00:12 CET 2009 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.2648&r2=1.2649 Delta lines: +43 -39 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-11-28 12:02:58+0000 1.2648 +++ atom.xml 2009-11-28 18:03:58+0000 1.2649 @@ -5,9 +5,36 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:26+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:27+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry> + <title type="html">New: OOo-DEV 3.2.0 Developer Snapshot (build OOO320_m6) available</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_25"/> + <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e6f09a924621cebc</id> + <updated>2009-11-27T10:11:18+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO320_m6</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.2.0 has been uploaded.</p> + <p><b>ATTENTION: +</b><br />Due to P1 issue <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239">http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239</a> +the Java based installer will not work on all platforms where it is +used. This issue will be fixed within the next milestone OOO320_m7. +</p> + <p>If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker. </p> + <p>Please use the following link:<br /><a title="Download page" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next">http://download.openoffice.org/next</a></p> + <p>Release Notes:<br /><a title="Release Notes" href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html">http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> + <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt" title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt</a></p></content> + <author> + <name>Joost Andrae</name> + <uri></uri> + </author> + <source> + <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>2009-11-28T18:00:15+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">Doing something right</title> <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/11/26/doing-something-right/"/> @@ -25,7 +52,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -83,7 +110,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -105,7 +132,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -128,7 +155,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -151,7 +178,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -176,7 +203,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -202,7 +229,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -225,7 +252,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -270,7 +297,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -293,7 +320,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -316,7 +343,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -339,7 +366,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -362,7 +389,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -404,7 +431,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -425,7 +452,7 @@ <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>2009-11-28T11:59:17+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-11-28T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -450,27 +477,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office 2010</title> - <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/10/28/openoffice-org-and-microsoft-office-2010/"/> - <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=775</id> - <updated>2009-10-28T20:38:13+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>An interesting piece of research came my way today courtesy of <a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/">Computer Weekly</a> magazine. They asked their tame panel questions about open-source versus commercial software, and <a href="http://epidm.edgesuite.net/RBI/computerweekly/CWRES/HTML/SurveyResults2.pdf">published their findings here</a>.</p> -<p>The section of interest to <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a> enthusiasts states:</p> -<blockquote><p>The majority of panellists have not trialled or reviewed any office/desktop productivity software, although around a third (35%) have looked at Open Office. Those working in smaller organisations (50 employees or less) appear to be more prepared for their next upgrade with two thirds having trialled or reviewed any potential software.</p> -<p>Despite this, a significant proportion (66%) believe that they are most likely to implement Microsoft Office 2010, although intentions to implement Open Office was higher amongst those organisations with less than 50 employees.</p></blockquote> -<p>This provides evidence to support our belief that in large organisations, software purchasing decision makers are pretty conservative &#8211; &#8220;no-one gets fired for buying Microsoft&#8221;. In smaller organisations, decision makers are more willing to do their own research, and having tried OpenOffice.org, are more likely to go for it. They are probably also more careful with their budgets!</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>2009-11-28T11:59:15+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.2655&r2=1.2656 Delta lines: +25 -20 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-11-28 12:02:58+0000 1.2655 +++ index.html 2009-11-28 18:03:59+0000 1.2656 @@ -36,8 +36,32 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: November 28, 2009 11:59 AM CET</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: November 28, 2009 06:00 PM CET</em></p> +<h2>November 27, 2009</h2> +<h3> +<a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> +GullFOSS</a> : +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_25";> +New: OOo-DEV 3.2.0 Developer Snapshot (build OOO320_m6) available</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO320_m6</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.2.0 has been uploaded.</p> + <p><b>ATTENTION: +</b><br />Due to P1 issue <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239";>http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239</a> +the Java based installer will not work on all platforms where it is +used. This issue will be fixed within the next milestone OOO320_m7. +</p> + <p>If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker. </p> + <p>Please use the following link:<br /><a title="Download page" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next";>http://download.openoffice.org/next</a></p> + <p>Release Notes:<br /><a title="Release Notes" href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html";>http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> + <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt"; title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt</a></p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_25";>by Joost Andrae at November 27, 2009 10:11 AM CET</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>November 26, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> @@ -399,25 +423,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>October 28, 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/2009/10/28/openoffice-org-and-microsoft-office-2010/";> -OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office 2010</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>An interesting piece of research came my way today courtesy of <a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/";>Computer Weekly</a> magazine. They asked their tame panel questions about open-source versus commercial software, and <a href="http://epidm.edgesuite.net/RBI/computerweekly/CWRES/HTML/SurveyResults2.pdf";>published their findings here</a>.</p> -<p>The section of interest to <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org</a> enthusiasts states:</p> -<blockquote><p>The majority of panellists have not trialled or reviewed any office/desktop productivity software, although around a third (35%) have looked at Open Office. Those working in smaller organisations (50 employees or less) appear to be more prepared for their next upgrade with two thirds having trialled or reviewed any potential software.</p> -<p>Despite this, a significant proportion (66%) believe that they are most likely to implement Microsoft Office 2010, although intentions to implement Open Office was higher amongst those organisations with less than 50 employees.</p></blockquote> -<p>This provides evidence to support our belief that in large organisations, software purchasing decision makers are pretty conservative – “no-one gets fired for buying Microsoft”. In smaller organisations, decision makers are more willing to do their own research, and having tried OpenOffice.org, are more likely to go for it. They are probably also more careful with their budgets!</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/10/28/openoffice-org-and-microsoft-office-2010/";>by John at October 28, 2009 08:38 PM CET</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=1.2648&r2=1.2649 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-11-28 12:02:59+0000 1.2648 +++ opml.xml 2009-11-28 18:03:59+0000 1.2649 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:59:26 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:00:27 +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=1.888&r2=1.889 Delta lines: +17 -11 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-11-26 12:04:14+0000 1.888 +++ rss10.xml 2009-11-28 18:03:59+0000 1.889 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e6f09a924621cebc" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=795"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/11/19/politicians-lobbyists-and-scapegoats-when-choosing-not-to-choose-should-make-you-vote-the-next-time/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/29df12b7614e87c8" /> @@ -32,11 +33,26 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/df08f25f54435471" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d9fe40c79b46b02c" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-4785423422529598310" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=775"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e6f09a924621cebc"> + <title>GullFOSS: New: OOo-DEV 3.2.0 Developer Snapshot (build OOO320_m6) available</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_25</link> + <content:encoded><p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO320_m6</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.2.0 has been uploaded.</p> + <p><b>ATTENTION: +</b><br />Due to P1 issue <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239">http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239</a> +the Java based installer will not work on all platforms where it is +used. This issue will be fixed within the next milestone OOO320_m7. +</p> + <p>If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker. </p> + <p>Please use the following link:<br /><a title="Download page" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next">http://download.openoffice.org/next</a></p> + <p>Release Notes:<br /><a title="Release Notes" href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html">http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> + <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt" title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt</a></p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-11-27T10:11:18+00:00</dc:date> + <dc:creator>Joost Andrae</dc:creator> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=795";> <title>John McCreesh: Doing something right</title> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/11/26/doing-something-right/</link> @@ -246,15 +262,5 @@ <dc:date>2009-10-29T12:49:16+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>Leif Lodahl</dc:creator> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=775";> - <title>John McCreesh: OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office 2010</title> - <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/10/28/openoffice-org-and-microsoft-office-2010/</link> - <content:encoded><p>An interesting piece of research came my way today courtesy of <a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/">Computer Weekly</a> magazine. They asked their tame panel questions about open-source versus commercial software, and <a href="http://epidm.edgesuite.net/RBI/computerweekly/CWRES/HTML/SurveyResults2.pdf">published their findings here</a>.</p> -<p>The section of interest to <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a> enthusiasts states:</p> -<blockquote><p>The majority of panellists have not trialled or reviewed any office/desktop productivity software, although around a third (35%) have looked at Open Office. Those working in smaller organisations (50 employees or less) appear to be more prepared for their next upgrade with two thirds having trialled or reviewed any potential software.</p> -<p>Despite this, a significant proportion (66%) believe that they are most likely to implement Microsoft Office 2010, although intentions to implement Open Office was higher amongst those organisations with less than 50 employees.</p></blockquote> -<p>This provides evidence to support our belief that in large organisations, software purchasing decision makers are pretty conservative &#8211; &#8220;no-one gets fired for buying Microsoft&#8221;. In smaller organisations, decision makers are more willing to do their own research, and having tried OpenOffice.org, are more likely to go for it. They are probably also more careful with their budgets!</p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2009-10-28T20:38:13+00:00</dc:date> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.888&r2=1.889 Delta lines: +16 -11 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2009-11-26 12:04:14+0000 1.888 +++ rss20.xml 2009-11-28 18:04:00+0000 1.889 @@ -8,6 +8,22 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>GullFOSS: New: OOo-DEV 3.2.0 Developer Snapshot (build OOO320_m6) available</title> + <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e6f09a924621cebc</guid> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_25</link> + <description><p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO320_m6</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.2.0 has been uploaded.</p> + <p><b>ATTENTION: +</b><br />Due to P1 issue <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239">http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239</a> +the Java based installer will not work on all platforms where it is +used. This issue will be fixed within the next milestone OOO320_m7. +</p> + <p>If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker. </p> + <p>Please use the following link:<br /><a title="Download page" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next">http://download.openoffice.org/next</a></p> + <p>Release Notes:<br /><a title="Release Notes" href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html">http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> + <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt" title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt</a></p></description> + <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:11:18 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>John McCreesh: Doing something right</title> <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=795</guid> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/11/26/doing-something-right/</link> @@ -227,17 +243,6 @@ <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:49:16 +0000</pubDate> <author>[email protected] (Leif Lodahl)</author> </item> -<item> - <title>John McCreesh: OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office 2010</title> - <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=775</guid> - <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/10/28/openoffice-org-and-microsoft-office-2010/</link> - <description><p>An interesting piece of research came my way today courtesy of <a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/">Computer Weekly</a> magazine. They asked their tame panel questions about open-source versus commercial software, and <a href="http://epidm.edgesuite.net/RBI/computerweekly/CWRES/HTML/SurveyResults2.pdf">published their findings here</a>.</p> -<p>The section of interest to <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</a> enthusiasts states:</p> -<blockquote><p>The majority of panellists have not trialled or reviewed any office/desktop productivity software, although around a third (35%) have looked at Open Office. Those working in smaller organisations (50 employees or less) appear to be more prepared for their next upgrade with two thirds having trialled or reviewed any potential software.</p> -<p>Despite this, a significant proportion (66%) believe that they are most likely to implement Microsoft Office 2010, although intentions to implement Open Office was higher amongst those organisations with less than 50 employees.</p></blockquote> -<p>This provides evidence to support our belief that in large organisations, software purchasing decision makers are pretty conservative &#8211; &#8220;no-one gets fired for buying Microsoft&#8221;. In smaller organisations, decision makers are more willing to do their own research, and having tried OpenOffice.org, are more likely to go for it. They are probably also more careful with their budgets!</p></description> - <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:38:13 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
