On Saturday 29 September 2007 02:50, Sean W. O'Quin wrote: > Graham, Hi Sean
> > I apologize for not being hip to the OOo lingo and your scolding > has gotten me on track. You are correct that this is my first > venture to contribute on the community side but far from my last. In this particular case you unfortunately were in the right place at the wrong time, and it's not about "Lingo". Imagine if I went into a Coke office and referred to their product as "Croke" or Ford as Frod. The most important part of the name is the .org because it speaks of the most significant ,part of the project; the community. > > It is clear that you did not read into my message on what I > believe can be a hindering point at the CTO level to considering > OOo. I am not advocating an Excel replacement just highlighting a > point that I have not seen discussed on the threads that I have > reviewed here. The post that I replied to had this statement > > > The same is true for the solutions wiki page. We need to > > capture all the solutions that integrate with OpenOffice.org > > and/or complement OpenOffice.org. Heh then it's probably a good idea to be careful how you quote. In the mail you replied to I saw no connection between that and what you said. Mail list policies talk about how top posting is not good etiquette and the reason is for just this occurrence. I didn't actually read past what you had written because nothing was quoted. I get anything up to 200 mails a day and from basic necessity I scan > > I think my point was on track to the thread was it not? I > apologize that I left of the .org when mentioning OOo but believe > my statement is still a valid one. If we can convince commercial > software vendors to support OOo as an interface into their > applications, do you see the opportunity for easing the case for > adoption? As I said, this particular thing has been identified as a target. As an assistance in your research may I recommend reading the Strategic Marketing Plan which you can download from here http://marketing.openoffice.org/strategy/v0.5.pdf or buy from here http://www.lulu.com/ooo > > As for your personal attacks let me take them on one by one. Attacks is a pretty strong word, I would prefer to say I was highlighting errata, misconceptions and/or misapprehensions. The fact that these were yours makes it personal of course, no offence intended. [.....] > > Now that being said, I know that I have a long way to go to get > up to speed on OOo. Let's work together on this and put aside the > dramatics. My goal is to have as close to 0% MSFT Office tools in > the public and education sector here in Ecuador and Latin > America. Again let me make it clear to you and others here this > is driven by belief not financial interests. I have a belief too, that OOo is the best, most cost effective front office productivity solution out there in the market bar none! Put me in a room with a bunch of front office application endusers for two hours and I will convert them. That is my belief and OOo is my passion. Financial interest or lack of it has nothing to do with that. > > Regards, > > Sean > Cheers GL -- "GET LEGAL - GET OPENOFFICE.ORG" http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer Moderator New Zealand (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz GET DRESSED GET OOOGEAR http://ooogear.co.nz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
