That's hell of a good point. I think instead of using, which could bring some potential compatibility issues, we could do something a little different.
A lot of people today use their e-mails. What if... We created some sort of "mail" template, that companies could use internally, and that would have for purpose to give "guidelines" for an Open Source / Free desktop ? Like "You want to free software at home ? Here's what the Document Foundation and (the company's name) would advise for you". And then a list of a few pieces of software, with an explanation, what it does, alternative of what, and then a link for download. Better than a CD right ? Especially since netbooks nowadays and even quite a lot of laptops can't even use it... What do you think ? On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Timothy Butterworth < [email protected]> wrote: > All, > > I had some end users once that like I am sure we all have expierenced > upgraded to the latest MSO then began demanding it at work for file > compatability for items they were working on at home and bringing into the > office. Most of course were rather upset they spent so much on MSO then had > to select the old file format to save their work. At this same site sadly I > had users that though we should provide them licenses for MSO at home due > to a corporate discount purchase program they did not really understand at > the time. Some of course did not care and still thought it should be free > to use at home. > > I found one good way to get more support for getting ride of or atleast > cutting down on the number of MSO licenses. I started having our help > desk/service desk at the time, before LibreOffice, hand out CD's with > openoffice.org installer including manuals and templates. The more users > that started using it at home also started wanting to use it at work as > well over time. > > If your employer permits and before any employees or other organizations > start utilizing the new MSO I would seek some small funds to distribute > LibreOffice to all users for home use. It may atleast head off one headache > and save them all a lot of money. Adding on some other nice apps like > Scribus Desktop Publishing may eventually help with the push to eventually > get ride of Adobe write/reader, one of my dreams come true. > > It would be nice if LibreOffice eventually offered a very light weight PDF > reader application bundled as well as a Ebook reader and Ebook > writer/publisher application. Maybe eventually OASIS ODF will eventually > also include a ebook format as well. That will be a good day. > > -- > > Thank you > > *Mr.* *Timothy M. Butterworth USAF H.D. SSgt* > > Constitutionalist and defender of The Separation of Church and State > because “Our freedom was not free and freedom cannot defend itself but it > is always worth defending with our lives” > > Email: [email protected] > > Google+: Timothy Butterworth * > http://tinyurl.com/timothy-butterworth-google-p* > > > Brainbench <http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/homepage.xml> > > Brainbench Transcript ID: 10486539 > > > > *Cisco Systems Inc. > *< > http://www.cisco.com/?POSITION=SEM&COUNTRY_SITE=us&CAMPAIGN=HN&CREATIVE=Brand+-+Tier+1_Cisco&REFERRING_SITE=Unified&KEYWORD=cisco%7cmkwid_ezYIyKDtI_1132427916_0v0xx7y7d0 > > > Cisco ID CSCO11235801 > Cisco Certified Network Associate, CCNA, Certified July 10, 2007, Expired > July 10, 2010 > > Cisco Certification Tracking > System< > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/le11/learning_certification_tracking_system.html > > > > > > *Computing Technology Industry Association > CompTIA*<http://www.comptia.org/home.aspx> > Career ID#: COMP001007016298, Verification ID# HQQP3JTC2NR4QFXS > > Convergence+ Certified Professional, Certified 06/Nov/2009 > Linux+ Certified Professional, Certified 1/May/2009 > Network+ Certified Professional, Certified 18/Apr/2008 > RFID+ Certified Professional, Certified 8/Jan/2010 > Security+ Certified Professional, Certified 14/Mar/2008 > Server+ Certified Professional, Certified 03/Jul/2009 > > CompTIA Certification Transcript > Verification< > https://www.certmetrics.com/comptia/public/transcript.aspx?transcript=HQQP3JTC2NR4QFXS > > > > *Certified Wireless Network Professionals CWNP <http://www.cwnp.com/>* > > CWNP ID: CWNP446044 > Certified Wireless Technology Specialist CWTS, Certified 29/Jan/2010 > CWNP Certification Verification< > http://www.cwnp.com/certifications/verify_cwnp/> > > > > > Linux Professional Institute <http://www.lpi.org/> > > LPI ID: LPI000200463 > > > Free and Open Source Software F/OSS is free as in freedom to improve > availability and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership TCO of software and > firmware though shared maintenance, it is the freedom of interoperable > innovation through shared Research and Development R&D costs, it is the > freedom that allows true piece of mind in procurement because the full > source code is available and it is not free as in closed source freeware or > shareware which often includes intentional software defects and malware. > > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi :) > > I'm not sure it's really worth it even if that was $100/yr to cover all > > the lists. Usually the adverts are not so bad. I'm just having a bad > hair > > day as work is committing to spending more moeny on more MS 2010 licenses > > now that MSO 2013 is so imminent. Which > > a) ensures we yet again get stuck with the older version while everyone > > else moves onto the newer one > > b) is an expense we can't really afford right now and blocks me from > doing > > things that really do need to be done > > c) how much more agro do they need from MSO before they realise they've > > never had any trouble with LO. > > d) guess who has to install the pos!! > > [sighs deeply] > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > --- On Fri, 17/8/12, drew jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: drew jensen <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Nabble: friend or foe? > > To: "Tom Davies" <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, 17 August, 2012, 17:30 > > > > On Fri, 2012-08-17 at 17:21 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > > > Hi :) > > > Nabble has adverts. Usually i ignore them. This time i noticed that > > all the adverts were trying to encourage me to spend money on MS products > > or to spend on training to use MS stuff better! > > > > > > 1. 6 common big Excel errorsSee free article on how to avoid 6 most > > common errors people make.www.ableowl.com > > > > > > 2. Access/Excel VBA TrainingWe offer the added advantage of being > > completely independent.CourseMonster.com/VBA-Training< > http://independent.coursemonster.com/VBA-Training> > > > > > > 3. Buy Office 2010 Only $69Complete Full Version! Buy and Save Order > > Today And Download Instantly.SoftwareSavingsWorld.com/Office2010< > http://instantly.softwaresavingsworld.com/Office2010> > > > > > > 4. Excel TrainingPublic or Customised Excel Courses Half or full day. > > Your site or ourswww.useittraining.co.uk > > > > > > > > > Are these adverts provided by google? If so then aren't they supposed > > to be supporters of TDF? Where should we complain to? Could we get > > adverts up for the Docs Team's printed guides available through Lulu (for > > free, to make amends)? > > > > > > Regards from > > > Tom :) > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > The ads are not from Google, at least I believe that is correct. > > > > We could turn them off totally - but that would require some money - not > > a lot, roughly $100 USD per annum was the estimate I came up with about > > 5 months ago. > > > > //drew > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected] > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected] > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- *Monfort Florian* BM2 Student at France Business School Marketing Apprentice at Red Hat [email protected] Mobile : +33 6 58 97 15 61 -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
