We've been having some fun with this at OOoCon - see my blog
http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2007/09/20/legal-but
John
On 21/09/2007, Kay Schenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Please excuse my top posting....
>
> Hey...look on the bright side! According to my daily Information Week
> e-mail, OpenOffice.org is a *snap* to deal with... :)
>
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> When I read about Lotus Symphony, IBM's spanking new free office suite,
> I was intrigued and decided to try it out during my lunch hour.
> Unfortunately, it took most of that hour just to get through the
> registration process.
>
> Here's what to expect if you want to try Symphony:
>
> 1. Go to IBM's download page. Click on the "Free Download" button.
> 2. Choose which OS you use (Linux or Windows). Click on Continue.
> 3. Sign in with your IBM ID and password. Don't have one? What a
> surprise! Click on "register now."
> 4. Type in an IBM ID, password, security question and answer, e-mail
> address, and country/region of residence. Click on Continue.
> 5. Fill in the fields indicated with an asterisk, which includes
> your first name, last name, daytime phone, company name ("But this is
> for personal use!" Too bad), country/region, company street address, and
> city, state, and ZIP code. Click Submit.
> 6. Phew! Thank you for registering with ibm.com. Click Continue.
> 7. Sign in with your new IBM ID and Password. Click Submit.
> 8. OK, finally! Here's a page titled "IBM Lotus Symphony Beta."
> Agree to the license, and click "I confirm."
> 9. You can download the suite using IBM's Download Director (a Java
> applet), or via your browser. If you want to use the latter, click on
> the "download using http" link.
> 10. The "Download now" link will now initiate a browser-based
> download. And you're a go!
>
> Compare this to the process of downloading the OpenOffice.org office
> suite:
>
> 1. Go to the OpenOffice.org download page. Click on "get
> openoffice.org."
> 2. Choose whether you want to select your operating system, order
> the suite on CD, or download it via P2P.
> 3. Click on your preferred OS.
> 4. Click on "continue to download." And you're a go.
>
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>
>
> :murb: [maarten brouwers] wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It has been silent on this topic after some heavy discussion that I due
> > to a temporary status as unsubscribed to this list have missed. However,
> > I did receive some mails on the issue and have plans to spend some time
> > on it, thinking about it. I think it is a great opportunity to finally
> > put OOo on the map of a much larger audience.
> >
> > Our current website is way too unfriendly to end users. However, to make
> > a new end-user website a success it is important to have good
> > requirements. I have added some requirements I thought are important to
> > the wiki page set up by Louis, but I hoped that many more of you would
> > follow.
> >
> > I would like to see that the new redesign will be a design that is
> > something we can all be happy with presenting it to our brother in
> > architecture, your family member who works as a plumber, and your
> > grandmother, while not neglecting the specific demands of the community
> > (but to what extent is still open for discussion).
> >
> > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User_Pages_Requirements
> >
> > Louis set us a deadline for the end of September, and maybe we can still
> > get something on paper that can help him convince the Sun team that it
> > is worth investing in (this is kind of how I interpreted his message)
> > before this deadline. Any contribution is welcome, but please try to
> > keep discussion free of flames (including bashing the collabnet
> > infrastructure (it is not about technologies)), and respect
> > opinions/ideas of anyone (although this should not withhold anyone from
> > restructuring/optimizing the requirements). Thanks!
> >
> > g.,
> >
> >
> > Maarten
> >
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