On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Jeff Chimene <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Folks: > > Do you have any comments on the following? I want to keep this email brief, > so that Krys can forward it. Please respond as quickly as possible. > > Cheers, > jec > ============================================= > Hi Krys, > > Thanks to Rackspace for hosting last night's Happy Hour event, and taking > the time to discuss my request. > > First, some disclosure: I am not a member of The Document Foundation. I am > making this request on the Foundation's behalf. As I have a current business > relationship with Rackspace, and am attending SCALE to promote LibreOffice, > it seemed appropriate that I initiate the conversation with Rackspace. > > As we discussed, The Foundation is asking Rackspace to donate Cloud Files > services for six months to host an ISO image that contains the current > LibreOffice distribution as well as additional contributed software. > > There is a North American ISO image of the current LibreOffice software > suite in production. By "North American" I mean the DVD will contain > language-specific versions of the LibreOffice product in dialects of the > English, French and Spanish languages. In addition to the core LibreOffice > suite, the ISO image will also contain other contributed software. > > We expect to have the ISO image ready by the middle to end of March. We > believe that in six months time, The Foundation will have a server online > that will act as the permanent distribution node for this content. > > Thank-you for your help bringing this request to the attention of the > Rackspace crew. I'm copyng others involved in this effort to keep them in > the loop. > > Best wishes, > Jeffrey Chimene > -- 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 ***
