On 05/20/2011 10:22 AM, drew wrote:
On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 15:08 +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
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From: drew<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, 17 May, 2011 16:15:04
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Updated (EN) tri-fold brochure
On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 20:59 -0400, drew wrote:
Howdy
Pushed a new update to the file on the wiki
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/1/14/LibO-TriFild-Pamphlet-11-05-15-ltr-en.pdf
Some text updates coming from the us_mktg list, primarily the removal of the
secondary line for supported platforms.
(mentioning BSD on interior being one)
Comments, suggestions welcomed as it is never really done, really, it's
just tonights copy.
Hi :)
I still don't see the point of removing or avoiding mentioning that LO can be
run on other platforms, particularly when those platforms don't support MSO.
There are 2 lines that say "The free power-packed, Open Source, personal
productivity suite for:" and the next line misses out saying "BSD" although it
looks as though there is plenty of room to mention it. There would be more room
if "MS" was missed off the front of "MS Windows". Are there non-MS versions of
Windows? Do MS require that MS is always put in front of "Windows"? (in which
case a vast amount of writing about Windows is in breach.)
Have i missed a day or 2 worth of emails explaining that LO suddenly doesn't
work on BSD? We tend not to hear from people where things have gone smoothly
and have only heard from a couple of people that have had minor issues with LO
on BSD. I take that as a good sign. I am not on the devs list so perhaps
people there have decided that LO doesn't work?
Regards from
Hi Tom
No one is saying it doesn't work on BSD - the discussion on the US mktg
list was more to do with "What platforms do you find when you visit the
main LibO site" and in that respect the answer is, these three (win,
linux, OS X). So the idea was to keep the marketing piece in alignment
with the website.
Finally, there is a reason this is done on the open mailing list - so if
you have some specific wording?
Thanks
Does LibreOffice's web site tell people how to install it on BSD? They
have a help page for installing it on Linux. If we do list BSD on the
pamphlet, we will need to be read for questions for installing it on
BSD. I know how to do Windows and Ubuntu/Deb installs, and I gave the
NA DVD to a friend [Monday] that uses a Mac. I have not heard anything
yet about problems with the Mac install. I only have Windows XP and
Vista, plus Ubuntu 10.04LTS for my operating systems so I have never
tried to install it on MacOSX.
So if there is not references to BSD install, maybe we should say
"Windows, Linux, MacOSX, and other platforms", with the "other
platforms" in the small print.
We could debate the wording back-and-forth to the point where we do not
like such-and-such word or coma placement, but the real point is do we
have the generalized or major points covered? If we state everything we
could about why you should use LibreOffice, we would have a booklet
instead of a pamphlet. Maybe one day that might happen, but right now
we need to get it finalized for our first "official publication".
Hopefully Drew will have the time to place the NA DVD project's ISO
files[s] online and post the URL. Then we can tweak the paperwork as
needed. I think it is time that we give the marketing community the
chance to download the DVD and try it themselves, instead of just
testing it out online. The DVD label for the first DVD is finished.
The DVD insert seems to be ready [except any minor tweaks people want].
The DVD cover sheet is ready. The pamphlet is ready, except for any
work that we feel could make it better. So that seems to be everything
we need to "publish" our DVD except the URL of the ISO file. Then
people will have a chance to work with our English Windows/Linux/MacOSX
DVD [including a Windows portable version]. Then we can finish the
editing of the English Windows-only DVD and do its paperwork for it to
be out there instead of just a test version online. Then maybe we can
get more of our Spanish users/marketers to look at our Spanish language
version of these DVD so we can have it worked on fast enough to have it
ready sometime in the summer for its "publication". Thanks to some
members in South America, and other places, we have been able to start
the Spanish version of our project.
So do we NEED to list all the platforms that LibreOffice can be used on,
for just the 3 major ones?
Is there anything else that is blocking our "publication" of our
project? Can we say we are done and get the ISO file online and have an
official announcement, maybe on the announcement list, that the English
version of our project it ready for people to use?
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