On 2007-09-06, at 04:10 , Alan Lord wrote:
Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
No reason not to focus on specific regions, especially if we are
building for future grass-roots efforts. So, let's do it, and if
it doesn't work for this particular quarter, we can likely use it
some other time. I think we really need to act, especially now.
Best
Louis
Forgive my intrusion and apologies if this is just noise...
It seems to me after the recent M$ OOXML debarcle, there is a REAL
opportunity before next February/March to push the ISO ODF format's
benefits.
Totally agree: one reason we are pushing this *now*.
There is now TONs of stuff on-line demonstrating just how BAD OOXML
really is. (See here: for lots of links to dirt on ooxml http://
www.theopensourcerer.com/?s=ooxml%2C+microsoft)
Some concise documentation sent to all interested parties would be
very useful so we can all do some reverse FUD. My gut feeling is M$
will get their spec passed next spring, but there are some BIG
issues for them to surmount so it may still fail. Like France and
New Zealand's comments of combining the two standards into one
(Which I fail to see M$ entertaining somehow...)
I run a small consulting/training company in the UK that focusses
on promoting OSS to the SME.
I also talk (via email) to MPs when something gets me annoyed, like
OOXML, or the fact that M$ sells our schools very expensive,
subscription based, licences for software that they could never
possibly use... -(
I don't like negative advertising, though it works. I don't like OOo
officially bashing MS though that would work, too, I'm sure. But I
think there is no need. We can represent OOo's virtues, including the
ODF, positively and intelligently in comparison to OOXML's and it's
implementations quite without bashing. But I think for this present
campaign, which is for this quarter (ends with September) we need to
focus on fall things. Then we can start the other projects. So let's
focus! And if part of our message is that with OOo one can easily
trade documents and not worry about vendor lockin... well :-)
Alan Lord
best
louis
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