On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 19:52 +0000, John McCreesh wrote: > Following the recent request for help providing a record of OOo usage in > Norway > http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=2199442 > we have been asked for the same information for Australia: to produce > evidence that OpenOffice.org was a well known name in Australia, > particularly among consumers, before 2008; or any data on the as the > number of downloads or distribution of CD's of OpenOffice to users in > Australia. > > Can anyone help please? > > Thanks - John
The biggest impact of OpenOffice.org in Australia was probably the choice of the National Archives to use ODF as the standard format. They implemented conversion software that is now available as a framework for others to convert documents. Another big implementer in terms of business, was with DeBortoli Wines. This was one of the strongest moves into the OpenOffice.org arena in business and after initial teething problems, have had a lot of success with it. I have personally dealt with a large range of businesses and organisations looking at using OpenOffice.org within there day to day procedures. Most are small business or non-profit organisations and are looking for alternatives that can help them do what they need without the larger overheads of similar commercial software. In terms of distribution of cd's etc, that I don't have many figures on, but I do know that it is given away on Software Freedom Day and many other open source events usually as part of the TheOpenCD project. Regards Jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
