I'm sorry, I'm confused. I didn't quite get which was the draft to be commented on.
-Daniel -----Original Message----- From: Tom Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Marketing] OpenOffice.org boilerplate Here's a draft for comment.... Jacqueline McNally wrote: > Hello > > This came to my notice a couple of weeks ago when I was talking to a > public relations consultant. I had completely overlooked the "who" from > the "what", "when", "where", "why", and "how" in our messages :) > > Our generally accepted boilerplate is: > > "OpenOffice.org is a fully featured open-source productivity suite > available as a free download for major computing platforms in over 45 > languages. Data is stored in an XML file format standardized for office > documents by the international body OASIS. OpenOffice.org is developed, > supported, and promoted by an international community of volunteers, and > sponsor and primary contributor Sun Microsystems, operating from the > http://www.openoffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org/> web site. > " > > From: http://marketing.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=41490 > OpenOffice.org is a community of global volunteers developing, > supporting, promoting and providing a feature-rich, open source, > personal productivity suite available as a free download in over > forty-five (45) languages. It's versions run on most major computing > platforms. It is based on international standards like XML^(TM) and > the OpenDocument^(TM) format created by OASIS^(TM). We offer enabling > technological alternatives. We believe that Participation, Sharing, > Contributing, Community, and Equality are goals for our times and > places. We benefit from volunteers, sponsors, and our primary > contributor Sun Microsystems^(TM). Visit Us. Join Us. Be Free. > http://www.openoffice.org > This is ok if used by another organisation, but it is not suitable for > our own PR as it does not answer the "who" is OpenOffice.org. > > For example, here is Sun Microsystems' > (http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/10-0 4-2005/0004159637&EDATE=): > > > "A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- guides Sun in the > development of technologies that power the world's most important > markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities > is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation > Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at > http://sun.com ." > > I invite you to have a go at creating a new boilerplate for > OpenOffice.org. It would be great if we can brainstorm a few iterations > here so that any PR for our anniversary, release 2.0, etc can use a new > boilerplate. > > All the best > Jacqueline McNally > Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
