On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 20:50 +0100, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton a écrit : > > I have been thinking about this over the holiday season and have come to > > the conclusion that this is wrong. I mean Avery does not support our > > project so why should we offer their label formats as the default. I > > would like to see OOo offer label formats from companies that actually > > do support us. For example, Worldlabel.com, not only offers labels that > > are compatible but also has supported us financially with the contest. > > > > So what do you think? I am asking here to get some idea about pursuing > > this further. > > > > The fact is that Avery labels are available worldwide. Avery is some kind of > a > monopoly in the label area. Though not everyone use Avery labels, many label > companies use to use a Avery correspondence for their products. Therefore, > providing Avery label references probably helps much, should we actually use > Avery or not. >
We have a cross-reference that includes avery and other manufacturers. > As for better supporting the ones who support us, I fully agree. WorldLabel > is > a company I have never heard about, but using noname labels myself, my > comment > might be taken with a grain of salt. > In North America, noname labels are available from companies such as Staples and Office Depot. What they put on their product is up to them. My thoughts are that Avery is getting a free ride for what advantage to OOo. Nothing in my opinion hence the message. I do know that the tables are historical and come from the StarOffice version released to OOo. So why not support our sponsors instead of perpetrating something that has no lasting advantage to us. For example, A4 Avery labels are not as rich as for USletter, yet there they are in our list where there are better selections for A4 from others including Worldlabel. -- G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenOffice.org
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