Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Glyn Moody's article

2011-10-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) At one place i work, a charity, they have been able to buy legit copies of MSO 2010 for £20 rather than the usual approx £100. Word is unable to handle making the Newsletter and LibreOffice can do it with much more finesse but even though i have installed LibreOffice on their machines

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Glyn Moody's article

2011-10-19 Thread timofonic timofonic
An small addition I would like to make. Libreoffice needs some way of easy updating for Windows users, because users of this OS tend to do very bad maintaining of the software. The lack of a standarized packaging management system makes this a lot more sensitive than other platforms. I don't

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: What about Real-time collaborative editing (RTCE) in LibreOffice? A simple user POW proposal

2011-10-19 Thread Svante Schubert
Hi, there is good news: OASIS has already real-time collaborative editing (RTCE) in the pipeline. Last year a sub-committee Advanced Document Collaboration was founded within OASIS. The lesser good news is that the SC is currently struggling to find the optimal solution. Yesterday, I wrote a

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Clippings

2011-10-19 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-10-18 17:48, Italo Vignoli a écrit : We have had a really good coverage, and these are the most important articles (including WSJ Europe). http://www.zdnet.com/news/libreoffice-expands-users-and-reach/6316162 http://www.muktware.com/news/2698

[libreoffice-marketing] MS plans to force OEMs to add boot feature that blocks use of Linux and free software.

2011-10-19 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
Please read the linked article. [below] If Microsoft gets away with this, then no computer that has a Windows 8 logo on it will not be able to boot from free OSs like Linux. This will be part of the BIOS. You might not be able to run free software like LibreOffice, if it goes to the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Extremadura Regional Government in Spain

2011-10-19 Thread Szakál Péter
Great news, It would be good to know what are they putting in Linex. Tom do you have any info of the content? Peter - Eredeti üzenet - Feladó: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Címzett: marketing@global.libreoffice.org Elküldött üzenetek: Kedd, 2011 Október 18 15:20:29 Tárgy:

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MS plans to force OEMs to add boot feature that blocks use of Linux and free software.

2011-10-19 Thread Ian Lynch
On 19 October 2011 16:59, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Please read the linked article. [below] If Microsoft gets away with this, then no computer that has a Windows 8 logo on it will not be able to boot from free OSs like Linux. This will be

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MS plans to force OEMs to add boot feature that blocks use of Linux and free software.

2011-10-19 Thread Robert Ryley
I suspect the workarounds will include capturing all the needed keys, reflashing the bios/uefi chip, and installing what you want. It is a PITA, but not insurmountable. It will probably spur more open hardware, to the detriment of those determined to lock down the system. MS aside, uefi is a

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MS plans to force OEMs to add boot feature that blocks use of Linux and free software.

2011-10-19 Thread webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
In some related articles, experts looked at that is currently in the secure boot option and they have concern about what happens if MS controls the keys - like current plan - and hardware OEMs do not want to pay the bribe monies to MS to include their hardware in the accepted list. If you

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MS plans to force OEMs to add boot feature that blocks use of Linux and free software.

2011-10-19 Thread Robert Ryley
Quote: If they can make a hardware security system that stops Linux to work on those machine, will they be able to do the same for non-MS software, like LO and other open source software? What is stopping them? Not the law and our courts. Their fines are pocket money. Put MS leadership in jail