Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > I've just seen the new "Why OpenOffice.org" page, after receiving the > announcement about the "Take a Test Drive - Keep the Car!" campaign. I > must say I think this is brilliant, and commend those who did it.
Thanks for pointing that out. While a nice idea, the campain has a little edge: it doesn't fight the impression a visitor might have, that MS-Office 2007 might be the Lamborghini Diablo for test drive and OpenOffice.org the Hyundai Getz that you can have for free. And in general I just wish we would rather sooner than later get over the whole "MS does this - we do that" thing and rather get to a more self-content way of advertising. Also, i don't like how everyone considers the UI changes MS is introducing to be a bad thing - and that we use that to our advantage. After all we want to encourage people to embrace change, but when MS does the same and people are hesitant we celebrate? Doesn't work for me. Trying to make the UI more productive is actually a really good approach from MS. Office UIs didn't change much in years and they are basically big indiscoverable menu and dialog hierarchies that leave the user guessing how he can do what he wants to do. This is true for OOo as much as for MS-Office. I believe that people will embrace this move from MS at some point and find it more productive. Voices stating that can be heard already. André. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
