Hi :) You are welcome. Thanks for your work and your art. Regards from Tom :)
________________________________ From: Paulo José <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 17 February, 2011 10:16:47 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Reminder re: use of LibreOffice and LibO It's a very intelligent decision. ;) I totally agree. Thank you both for explain it! On 17-02-2011 06:54, Tom Davies wrote: > see below for responses ... > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Marc Paré<[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 17 February, 2011 6:25:29 > Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Reminder re: use of LibreOffice and LibO > > Le 2011-02-16 21:24, Paulo José a écrit : >> It's good to know and make sure. When I become a LibreOffice mail >> listing member, I didn't know what was the right form (LibreOffice or >> LibO) to use in each context. >> >> By the way, is it correct or suggested to use "Libre Office" (with >> separated words)? >> >> ~Paulo >> > Hi Paulo > > The suite is called LibreOffice with no spaces. > > Re: use of LibO. We had agreed a couple months ago that the use of LibO as >short > form would not be encouraged as we wanted to get the LibreOffice brand name > known to people. This was also said in context of marketing materials. I don't > think that this would apply to file naming convention as sometimes we need to > abbreviate file names to make them fit. > > As Italo says do not take this as an order, but IMO, I think that we would want > to make our official name known before advertising a short form. Many people > still have never heard of LibreOffice. > > Just in case you are not aware, Italo Vignoli is our marketing lead. We rely > very much on his marketing expertise and wisdom. > > Cheers > > Marc > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > > Hi :) > > Yes, for internal communications we have been mostly using LibO or occasionally > LO but we want to avoid that getting out-there to the outside world. At least > for now. Outsiders, or people on the fringes will use a lot of different names > until they are familiar with the 'correct one'. We really want to establish > LibreOffice as the 'correct name' and that could take a long time. > > In linux the 3 letters "lib" at the start of a name are 'reserved' for >libraries > and after those 3 letters should be the functionality or a nickname. In a > similar way the letter K (or Qt) at the start of a name often indicates that >the > project is built for the KDE desktop. A G often indicates something for the > Gnome desktop environment. > > We (the wider OpenSource and linux communities) try to avoid being tooo strict > about any rules or guidelines and usually encourage diversity. Following rules > too closely can stifle innovation and creativity. > > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > -- Paulo José O. Amaro Computer Science Student Federal University of São João del-Rei WebDesigner / Linked Empresa Júnior Blogger / casatwain.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
