---------- Original Message ------------- Subject: [Marketing] Open Office/OpenOffice.org/OOo Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 08:44:12 +0800 From: Jacqueline McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]
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. <SNIP> 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- I have to confess. I have wondered at length (without reading too many FAQs) why anyone would choose a name so closely associated with another software project. IMO (however humble or not it may be) Sun should have kept StarOffice as the OSS project, and created SunOffice. But alas, my opinion was not sought, and that is water under the bridge. Although I accept the necessity of including the .org on a legal basis, I truly loathe having to include it in my writing and speech. I nearly always have to explain the .org part, which should not be necessary. To me, an Internet junkie since '96, domain names refer to websites, not software brands. I know my opinion won't change things. Neither will my opinion change. It's just the way I feel & think about this issue. Regards, Don -- DC Parris Matheteuo Christian Fellowship [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://matheteuo.org/ Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anywhere anytime! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
