Hello
I have been meaning to post for some time about people dropping the '.org" when writing or reporting about OpenOffice.org, and having read this today, I think now is a good time.
An acronym by any other name [Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet UK, 07 February 2005 ] http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39180154,00.htm
"Or take the well-meaning folks behind OpenOffice.org. That's easy enough to say but looks as ugly as a bullfrog in print: you can't call it Open Office because that's not its name, and attempts to render it as OOo resemble a hieroglyph for a grazing cow."
It is an opinion piece, however ...
I had partly drafted a template email to send to people who refer to us and our product as something other than OpenOffice.org. Most of the derivations are "Open Office" or "Openoffice".
We have the FAQ (http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-other.html#10 and http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-other.html#7), and I have unearthed Sam's message that succinctly describes our name http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=marketing&msgId=238606 OpenOffice.org is both a PRODUCT and COMMUNITY.
The biggest problem I have with all this, is that writers and journalists are dropping/removing what I consider to be the most important part, that is, our community.
It is the ".org", us, that makes OpenOffice.org happen :)
All the best Jacqueline McNally Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project
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