Very simply and well said. Hopefully someone is listening.
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On 1/4/2011 12:18 PM, Robert Derman wrote:
Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
Something interesting I have come across in the Microsoft Answers
Forums. A Poster asked a question about using MS Office 2000 in
Windows 7. I replied that in my opinion I would much rather run the
latest version of Open Office rather than trying to run a 10-year old
obsolete insecure Office suite.
The interesting reply was, that the OP thanked me for that, and said
that he would have a look at it, BUT he "genuinely didn't know that
OO existed"!
Interesting? Food for thought?
How do we propagate knowledge that OO exists?
Frankly, I suspect that at least 50% of the general public is not
aware that Open Source exists! I think that shareware made a bad name
for free software and since that time much of the public has simply
ignored ALL free software. Also, I don't recall ever seeing anything
about OOo or any other free software except perhaps FireFox in the
mass media. A story on the evening national TV news, and everyone or
nearly everyone, would be aware of it. Or if Oracle would run a
couple of national TV adds once 3.3 is released, then people would be
aware of it. If Larry really wanted to get Steve B. that would be one
sure way to do it. Oracle has the deep pockets that Sun never did,
and I think the right kind of advertising campaign might just do it.
Like for instance, Oracle saying that they didn't think that people
should have to spend a lot of money to have a quality Word Processing
program or spreadsheet etc., on their home computer, so thanks to
them, here it is as a FREE download. This could create an enormous
amount of good will and brand recognition for Oracle, and would likely
increase the sales of their profit making products.
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