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Log: added andrew southworth and lisa m. to quotes File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/ ========================== File [changed]: press_quotes_3.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/press_quotes_3.html?r1=1.5&r2=1.6 Delta lines: +106 -121 ----------------------- --- press_quotes_3.html 2008-10-21 16:14:16+0000 1.5 +++ press_quotes_3.html 2011-01-26 23:28:01+0000 1.6 @@ -1,134 +1,119 @@ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> - <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> - <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> - - <title>Quotes for 3.0</title> - <meta name="keywords" content="Marketing, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org" /> - <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="marketing.css" /> +<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> +<title>Quotes for 3.0</title> +<meta name="keywords" content="Marketing, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org" /> +<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="marketing.css" /> </head> - <body> - <div id="MyContent"> +<div id="MyContent"> <h1>What people are saying about OpenOffice.org</h1> + <h2>OpenOffice.org Version 3.3 Launch</h2> + <p><strong>Andrew Southworth</strong> Network Coordinator, <a href="http://www.canadianlabour.ca/home";>Canadian + Labour Congress</a> + <blockquote> âIt's never been just about the savings. The Canadian Labour Congress + selected OpenOffice.org in support of what it does and how it goes about + doing it. It's the full support of the ODF that frees us from committing + to any one vendor. And it's the extensions, the enterprise elements and the + open-source code that gives all those we represent and work with in Canada, + from schools to hospitals to libraries to private sector corporations the + freedom of real productivity â without being locked into a particular company's + vision of how you should work. Saving money on software is great. But OpenOffice.org, + with its support of the ODF, is more than about the bottom line. It's about + the freedom to choose the best.â </blockquote> - <h2>OpenOffice.org Version 3.0 Launch</h2> - <p><strong>Aslam Raffee</strong> Chief Information Officer at Department - Science and Technology, Republic of South Africa <a href= - "http://www.linkedin.com/in/aslamraffee";>(bio)</a></p> + <p><strong>Lisa Maola</strong> Resource Secretary, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada</p> + <blockquote>"Working in a no-cost walk in resource centre specializing in assisting persons with disabilities, OpenOffice.org has provided a high quality, reliable product that enables us to effectively support clients in our community. A true point of difference is that documents can be opened from and saved in any format, thus removing communication barriers and allowing users to maintain their competitive edge. The compatibility of OpenOffice.org to work with proprietary software suites provides all users with flexible options consequently saving time and money."</blockquote> - <blockquote> - "The South African government adopted the Open Document Format (ODF) as - the default format for the exchange of documents. The government also - has policy which favours free and open source software wherever - possible. In this context, the release of OpenOffice 3.0 is a huge - milestone in the journey to make this a practical reality.<br /> + + + + <h2>OpenOffice.org Version 3.0 Launch</h2> + <p><strong>Aslam Raffee</strong> Chief Information Officer at Department Science + and Technology, Republic of South Africa <a href= + "http://www.linkedin.com/in/aslamraffee";>(bio)</a></p> + <blockquote> "The South African government adopted the Open Document Format + (ODF) as the default format for the exchange of documents. The government + also has policy which favours free and open source software wherever possible. + In this context, the release of OpenOffice 3.0 is a huge milestone in the + journey to make this a practical reality.<br /> <br /> - "The latest version of OpenOffice is a free software suite which raises - the bar for competing open source and proprietary office software - products. The ability to read and write ODF documents as well as all - significant document formats, combined with the ability to run - OpenOffice on all major (and minor) operating system platforms already - places this community driven office software suite in a critically - important position for us.<br /> + "The latest version of OpenOffice is a free software suite which raises the + bar for competing open source and proprietary office software products. The + ability to read and write ODF documents as well as all significant document + formats, combined with the ability to run OpenOffice on all major (and minor) + operating system platforms already places this community driven office software + suite in a critically important position for us.<br /> <br /> - "We applaud the efforts of the developers from around the world who - have brought huge performance and functionality improvements in this - release. Its an outstanding piece of software and available for free - under a great licence. I am confident that it meet the needs of most - South Africans, its going to be hard for me to justify a government - official using any other office suite. I certainly can't justify paying - licence fees for one. I am also confident that we will see more of our - talented South African developer community contributing to the ongoing - effort to ensure that OpenOffice remains the first choice of office - suites." - </blockquote> - - <p><strong>Thomas Wlodkowski</strong> Director of Accessibility at AOL - <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b44/b25";>(bio)</a></p> - - <blockquote> - "As a blind consumer who uses Mac OS 10 to carry out daily office - tasks, I was pleased to see the progress that the OpenOffice.org - community has made in addressing compatibility with Apple's VoiceOver - screen reader. It is reassuring to know that consumers with - disabilities will be able to move between computer platforms and enjoy - equivalent access to applications that are critical to basic job - performance." - </blockquote> - - <p><strong>Peter Korn</strong> Accessibility Architect at Sun - Microsystems and co-chair of the OASIS OpenDocument accessibility - subcommittee <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkorn";>(bio)</a></p> - - <blockquote> - "Sun and the OpenOffice.org community take accessibility very - seriously, whether in schools, in the home, in the workplace or in - government institutions. An accessible solution for editing documents, - spreadsheets, and creating presentations is of vital importance to the - hundreds of millions of people worldwide with disabilities.<br /> + "We applaud the efforts of the developers from around the world who have + brought huge performance and functionality improvements in this release. + Its an outstanding piece of software and available for free under a great + licence. I am confident that it meet the needs of most South Africans, its + going to be hard for me to justify a government official using any other + office suite. I certainly can't justify paying licence fees for one. I am + also confident that we will see more of our talented South African developer + community contributing to the ongoing effort to ensure that OpenOffice remains + the first choice of office suites." </blockquote> + <p><strong>Thomas Wlodkowski</strong> Director of Accessibility at AOL <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b44/b25";>(bio)</a></p> + <blockquote> "As a blind consumer who uses Mac OS 10 to carry out daily office + tasks, I was pleased to see the progress that the OpenOffice.org community + has made in addressing compatibility with Apple's VoiceOver screen reader. + It is reassuring to know that consumers with disabilities will be able to + move between computer platforms and enjoy equivalent access to applications + that are critical to basic job performance." </blockquote> + <p><strong>Peter Korn</strong> Accessibility Architect at Sun Microsystems + and co-chair of the OASIS OpenDocument accessibility subcommittee <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkorn";>(bio)</a></p> + <blockquote> "Sun and the OpenOffice.org community take accessibility very + seriously, whether in schools, in the home, in the workplace or in government + institutions. An accessible solution for editing documents, spreadsheets, + and creating presentations is of vital importance to the hundreds of millions + of people worldwide with disabilities.<br /> <br /> - "We have listened and responded to the community. Our engineering - efforts are a direct result of the requests we've received from our - user community and exemplifies the innovation and success of the many - open source initiatives at Sun." - </blockquote> - - <p><strong>Jim Parkinson</strong> Vice President, Developer, Tools and - Services Sun Microsystems Inc. <a href= + "We have listened and responded to the community. Our engineering efforts + are a direct result of the requests we've received from our user community + and exemplifies the innovation and success of the many open source initiatives + at Sun." </blockquote> + <p><strong>Jim Parkinson</strong> Vice President, Developer, Tools and Services + Sun Microsystems Inc. <a href= "http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/bio.jsp?name=Jim%20Parkinson";>(bio)</a></p> - - <blockquote> - "In the 25+ years in the computer industry, I don't know when I was as - proud of a product release as I am of OpenOffice.org 3.0. The - OpenOffice.org community teams have come together to produce a - first-class product. With the new features in 3.0, this sets us part - from all other open source productivity packages. One of key parts of - this release is MacOSx support, all of the early access feedback have - been extremely positive. Also we must mention the many strong additions - to extension system for OpenOffice." - </blockquote> - - <p><strong>Solveig Haugland</strong> Consultant, trainer, technical - author and OpenOffice.org guru <a href= + <blockquote> "In the 25+ years in the computer industry, I don't know when + I was as proud of a product release as I am of OpenOffice.org 3.0. The OpenOffice.org + community teams have come together to produce a first-class product. With + the new features in 3.0, this sets us part from all other open source productivity + packages. One of key parts of this release is MacOSx support, all of the + early access feedback have been extremely positive. Also we must mention + the many strong additions to extension system for OpenOffice." </blockquote> + <p><strong>Solveig Haugland</strong> Consultant, trainer, technical author + and OpenOffice.org guru <a href= "http://www.linkedin.com/in/getopenoffice";>(bio)</a></p> - - <blockquote> - "3.0 shows the continuing commitment from OpenOffice.org to providing - the features that users consider the most important. I've been - impressed with each release, as the features that users ask me for in - class keep appearing, and aspects of OpenOffice that I've had to teach - workarounds for, keep disappearing. In 3.0, one example of this is the - addition of the popular three-up slide handouts layout, with lines for - notes by each slide. I've been teaching students how to create this - themselves for years, as well as how to find and use the separate - window where they need to specify that they want to print handouts. - Now, I can skip that lesson entirely, since the layout is already - there, and an easy way to print handouts is now available in the main - print window. I actually shouted out "Yes!" when I discovered this - feature; it's going to save time in the classroom and make slide setup - and printing simpler and easier." - </blockquote> - + <blockquote> "3.0 shows the continuing commitment from OpenOffice.org to providing + the features that users consider the most important. I've been impressed + with each release, as the features that users ask me for in class keep appearing, + and aspects of OpenOffice that I've had to teach workarounds for, keep disappearing. + In 3.0, one example of this is the addition of the popular three-up slide + handouts layout, with lines for notes by each slide. I've been teaching students + how to create this themselves for years, as well as how to find and use the + separate window where they need to specify that they want to print handouts. + Now, I can skip that lesson entirely, since the layout is already there, + and an easy way to print handouts is now available in the main print window. + I actually shouted out "Yes!" when I discovered this feature; it's going + to save time in the classroom and make slide setup and printing simpler and + easier." </blockquote> <h2>OpenOffice.org Extensions</h2> - - <p><strong>Solveig Haugland</strong> Consultant, trainer, technical - author and OpenOffice.org guru <a href= + <p><strong>Solveig Haugland</strong> Consultant, trainer, technical author + and OpenOffice.org guru <a href= "http://www.linkedin.com/in/getopenoffice";>(bio)</a></p> - - <blockquote> - "I am extraordinarily impressed with the Adobe Acrobat-like PDF editing - features available in <a href= + <blockquote> "I am extraordinarily impressed with the Adobe Acrobat-like PDF + editing features available in <a href= "http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport";>Sun's PDF - editing extension</a>. You can delete, edit, and add text; add, edit, - delete, move, and resize graphics; add, move, and delete pages; and - more. All for free. This is a huge benefit to anyone who produces - documents for publication, or organizations like schools and city and - state governments that produce documents of any length for the public." - </blockquote> - </div> + editing extension</a>. You can delete, edit, and add text; add, edit, delete, + move, and resize graphics; add, move, and delete pages; and more. All for + free. This is a huge benefit to anyone who produces documents for publication, + or organizations like schools and city and state governments that produce + documents of any length for the public." </blockquote> +</div> </body> </html> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
