Drew, It's great to read your live reporting from the show! Thanks for sharing this.
-Ben On Feb 25, 2011, at 3:04 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Howdy, > > Well, it's off and running - have not met up with any of our guys yet - just > finished lunch with some new friends - amongst them the web master for the El > Paso, Tx LUG (back to this in a moment), talked about LibO a good bit at the > table. > > The name of the package, not really a big hit, put another way there hasn't > been a single person so far that hasn't asked if that is really going to be > the name and Why? > > Talked a little bit about the cloud vs local storage, there was quite a bit > of support at this table for having local storage options, particularly with > an office application. Much had to do with concerns over security for > proprietery or personal information. Interesting, and therefore no names > here, buit the table had a number of guys that work for firms offering SAAS. > > Had a lengthy conversation regarding reaching out to the histpanic communiity > in the US, somethinhg that everyone at the table felt was not being done well > in the Linux community in general, although I have a contact now in El Paso, > TX LUG, a predominantly hispanic group, and an invitaton to get onto the ML > and introduce our project. > > OK - off to try and find the other guys - also had a bit of a snafu at the > print center this morning - need to go back this afternoon and hopefully our > jub is ready...ah, wouldn't be a show without at least one problem..right. > > More Later, > > Drew > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** Benjamin Horst [email protected] 646-464-2314 (Eastern) www.solidoffice.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
