> 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&fr > >om=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.
This decision was actually made before ODF was developed. Initially the National Archives decided to use the original OO.o file format. When we adopted the ODF format, they moved to that. > > 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. > Just to let the list know, Jonathon is one of the primary movers in helping businesses change to OSS in Australia :) > 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. APC Magazine regularly includes OO.o on its cover CD, usually one minor release behind. Their cover usually has the OO.o logo prominently displayed (at least, that was the situation last year - they might have contracted a case of M$ since :) ). They've been doing that since 1.x.x > > Regards > Jonathon > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/
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