Re: [dev-biblio] Fwd: Summer of Code : 6 Projects Above the Line
On of the issues about OOo marketing I have not fully understood is that OpenOffice development plans are to some extent controlled by StarOffice needs. And they seem to be focusing on business. Maybe there is a separate StarOffice marketing arm that needs to be lobbied ? David On Thursday 25 May 2006 12:24 am, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > On 5/23/06, Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there someone one might write to about the importance of this task? > > I think if the coding team understood (a) the extent to which current > > bibliographic functions block adoption by academics, and (b) the > > importance of educational markets in adoption of new software, > > then there'd be a somewhat different valuation of priorities (e.g., a > > native SQLite driver would be great, but I doubt we'll pick up a whole > > lot of new users that way!). > > We know who to talk to, and have. > > However, you are assuming above the same thing that I once assumed: > that large corporations like Sun care about this market. I don¨t think > they do. If you were a cash-strapped corporation looking for > oppoertunities to make more cash, would you prioritize edu? > > Not trying to be a downer; just to give a sense of what we are up against. > > Bruce > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --- David N. Wilson Co-Project Lead for the Bibliographic OpenOffice Project http://bibliographic.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev-biblio] Fwd: Summer of Code : 6 Projects Above the Line
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 09:24:48AM -0500, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > On 5/23/06, Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Is there someone one might write to about the importance of this task? > > I think if the coding team understood (a) the extent to which current > >bibliographic functions block adoption by academics, and (b) the > >importance of educational markets in adoption of new software, > >then there'd be a somewhat different valuation of priorities (e.g., a > >native SQLite > >driver would be great, but I doubt we'll pick up a whole lot of new > >users that way!). > > We know who to talk to, and have. > > However, you are assuming above the same thing that I once assumed: > that large corporations like Sun care about this market. I don?t think > they do. If you were a cash-strapped corporation looking for > oppoertunities to make more cash, would you prioritize edu? > > Not trying to be a downer; just to give a sense of what we are up against. I see your point. I htink though that the edu market is the place where folks learn how to use office software, and they stick with what they know thereafter. so if I can't in cgood conscience recommend OOo to my students, they will take up using a pirated word, and be MSOffice users ever after. SO I'd like to see someone at Sun grapple with that argument. matt > > Bruce > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- .''`. Matt Price : :' : Debian User `. `'` & hemi-geek `- -- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [dev-biblio] Fwd: Summer of Code : 6 Projects Above the Line
On 5/23/06, Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there someone one might write to about the importance of this task? I think if the coding team understood (a) the extent to which current bibliographic functions block adoption by academics, and (b) the importance of educational markets in adoption of new software, then there'd be a somewhat different valuation of priorities (e.g., a native SQLite driver would be great, but I doubt we'll pick up a whole lot of new users that way!). We know who to talk to, and have. However, you are assuming above the same thing that I once assumed: that large corporations like Sun care about this market. I don¨t think they do. If you were a cash-strapped corporation looking for oppoertunities to make more cash, would you prioritize edu? Not trying to be a downer; just to give a sense of what we are up against. Bruce - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
