On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:26:21 +0200 Christoph Noack <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Klaus, > > please don't mind that I respond to your mail ;-) > > Am Donnerstag, den 07.10.2010, 18:42 +0200 schrieb Klaus Doblmann: > > Ordinary people have just > > started to recognise the "brand" OpenOffice, it might take them years > > to adapt to a new name. > > Some minor correction - either "OpenOffice.org", or "Open Office". Here > we see the difficulties with brands in general. So at the moment we do > have two different brands (but similar naming), and an ".org" that gets > omitted most of the time. Hi Christoph, I was referring to it as "OpenOffice" because that's what ordinary people on the street call it. That's also why I wouldn't call Libreoffice Libreoffice.org as it might create confusion and saying "dot org" or "Punkt org" is something most people won't do and don't want to do because it's - for most - not clear to pronounce. > > To me, it depends on us - the community - to communicate that new brand. > May it be the press, trade fairs or even personal contact with our > friends (you know, most of the people using OOo get it recommended by > friends or colleagues). Definitely! I've already switched a few people over - that's how it's done. But it'll be difficult to get - especially the mainstream- media behind the new concept (and "abandon" OOo more or less) but that will also be the effort of us as a community. Im currently studying to get my master's degree in "media and communications" (in the Bavarian city Passau) so that would definitely be a field where I could/would help out - if, as you said, there's no way to continue using the name OOo. cheers, Klaus -- Klaus Doblmann B.A. - FSF member #7570 Web: http://www.dokla.net - meine neue Seite (derzeit im Aufbau) Blog: http://straightrazorguy.net PGP-Key: http://dokla.net/pgp_key.asc http://twitter.com/klausdoblmann A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? -- To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to [email protected] All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/
