Hi
I have just registered with the marketing group, so I thought I'd introduce
myself.
I am Nigel Verity from Shropshire, England but called "Nige" by everybody. I've
done a few HPR episodes under the alias of "Beeza".
I've worked in a variety of fields including diplomacy
Hi
I am a newcomer to the LibreOffice marketing group so, first, greetings to
everybody.
Now that the Notebook bar is no longer going to be an experimental feature
perhaps the question of the default setting needs to be addressed.
When encouraging somebody to migrate from MS Office, if the
From: Drew Jensen
Sent: 24 November 2018 16:52
To: nigelver...@hotmail.com
Cc: mike.saund...@documentfoundation.org; Tdf Marketing
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Infographic 'Changing Face of LibreOffice'.
Howdy Mike,
I will reply in line.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 9:56 AM Nigel Verity
Mike
With the notebookbar coming out of experimental I'm assuming it will be
selected from the "User Interface" item on the "View" menu, as now when the
user permits experimental features.
This gives 9 options, of which 6 relate to an MS Office type of menu system. I
can't help thinking this
Hi Mike
It strikes me that the "personas" are the fundamental step. If you don't who
you are targeting then all the other outreach techniques are directionless and,
therefore, pretty much useless.
I've often read blogs and other articles describing people's attempts to
convert users from
Onyeibo highlights an important issue which I'm sure might never have occurred
to many of us, whether in the context of LO or anything else. There are many
countries around the world where the "nation" does not define the lowest level
of cultural or linguistic sub-division. Even in Europe there
Good idea.
There is the "About LibreOffice" item at the bottom of the "Help" menu, but
that doesn't elaborate on the fact that LO is open source without following a
link to the website.
An "About" item is pretty much standard on many applications - both open source
and proprietary. My guess
When I first saw this issue this morning, my initial reaction was to agree that
perhaps a request for donations appearing within the application is
inappropriate but, on reconsideration, I've changed my mind.
Whenever I have been promoting the use of LO, the advantages of its open source
Hi Mike
I've just looked at that video again for the first time in quite a while. I
have to say there is nothing in it that is not valid today and not a lot of
information that ought to be added. The only fundamental change is the
availability of the new user interface features in the
tifies its existence on functionality alone. I
think the challenge is to get the ethics message across without its being seen
as a "bolt on" to increase its appeal further.
Regards
Nige
From: Roland Hummel
Sent: 15 April 2019 21:47
To: Nigel Ve
Hi Mike
How about using it as summary of LibreOffice - what it is, its origins, an idea
of how many people and organisations are believed to use it, its benefits vs
proprietary software, etc.
Obviously a lot of people receiving the tweet will already know most of that
stuff, but perhaps a
Do you always save your documents using open formats?
If not, what percentage of your documents are saved using proprietary formats?
If not why not (employer policy, interoperability with other people, etc)?
Nige
From: kainz.a
Sent: 07 May 2020 09:24
To: Mike
I had a batch of these from Mike last year and left copies in the coffee shops
and cafeterias on the university campus where I was working at the time. Over
the following month or so, before most had disappeared, I saw somebody reading
them almost every time I went for a break. Because the
Personalising the various function streams is an excellent idea. We are too
used to faceless corporations. It would be a breath of fresh air.
The very fact that there are over 200 million users could make the prospect of
contributing a little daunting, and I also think that many potential
Hi Mike
Although I cannot think of a suitable alternative I have slight reservations
about the use of the term "community". It may be just a British thing but in
the UK the term is slightly nuanced to mean "good but not the very best", e.g
The community hall is often the venue for amateur
Hi Mike
These are all great ideas. I think, though, it's important to take a step back
first and consider how LibreOffice must appear to a young and/or relatively
inexperienced potential contributor.
It's a huge and complex application. Getting to grips with the code is a
daunting prospect,
It's both interesting and reassuring to note that there is considerably greater
resistance to using open document formats than there is to using LibreOffice.
I'm not sure what there is that anyone can do about that. The fact that MS
Office formats are proprietary and ODF is not doesn't have any
An excellent idea.
I use the web variant of Outlook, so I can do a brief instruction for setting
up a signature block - next day or so.
Nige
From: Mike Saunders
Sent: 16 September 2020 14:02
To: Marc Paré ; Marketing list
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing]
Doesn't this imply there are some unofficial and, thereby, untrustworthy
editions in circulation?
Nige
> On 23 Oct 2020, at 06:44, Simon Phipps wrote:
>
> Taking on board all the concerns about not giving the impression of a
> weaker version, and if "no label" is really not an option, how
Hi Mike
Would they be suitable for placing inside a car window facing outwards - front
or rear windscreen perhaps? I had an FSF sticker inside the front screen of my
last car for a couple of years and noticed quite a few people taking a closer
look in car parks, etc.
Sending them out singly
Hi Boudi
It is a good catchy slogan but I've a feeling it may only really "work" with
open source insiders. I think that the irony of "Open Windows" will be lost on
people who know little or nothing about the benefits of open source vs
proprietary software.
Nige
LibreOffice - Free and open
The aim should, I think, be to come up with a logo that is both distinctive and
simple. The more lines and shapes included in a logo the longer it takes to
assimilate in the brain, and become intrinsically linked to a brand or product.
The inclusion of alphanumerics, even in a distinctive font,
Hi
Following Mike's email of last week one idea springs to my mind
If I were to create a short presentation about the history, features and
benefits of LibreOffice it would be very different to such a presentation
created by anybody else given the same brief. There would be things I miss
When I hear about these custom distributions developed by governments I sense
that the source code never finds its way into the public domain. Consequently
they are more likely to be examples of the exploitation of open source rather
than the adoption of open source principles. Given its track
James makes a very good point. If you have a problem with MS Office you go down
a single route to a single POC to try and get it resolved. If you had different
support organisations for each of Outlook, Teams, OneNote etc, then MS Office
would be very unattractive - especially in the enterprise
A feature table is great for providing an "at a glance" list of what LO does
that MS Office doesn't. It has the unfortunate side-effect, though, of
providing a list of features for MS to build into the requirements for their
next version of Office, thereby nullifying that difference.
There are
Hi Boudi
I can see where you are coming from in championing the use of Python for LO
scripting. I imagine you would agree that your suggestion is driven by the
current popularity of Python and the number of programmers who use it at the
moment. The problem with programming languages is that
and gives you back control over your data
From: Italo Vignoli
Sent: 09 January 2023 16:06
To: Nigel Verity ; Mike Saunders
Cc: Ilan Rabinovitch ; marketing@global.libreoffice.org
; Bala
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LO at SCALE in March?
Hi Nigel,
Hi Mike Is a representative of TDF the only option? I'm sure there are some top
notch LO supporters and/or developers within a reasonable distance of SCALE.
With solid briefing from TDF beforehand such manning of a table at the event
could demonstrate well the nature of the LO project as truly
The ability to run LibreOffice on just about every mainstream processor and OS
strikes me as a major achievement which ought to be shouted from the hilltops.
Debian does the same and is known as "The universal operating system". Perhaps
LO should become known as "The universal office suite".
Hi Gustavo
This is a very good point.
If I see that some software I use regularly has gone from 7.5 to 7.6, say, I
wouldn't rush to upgrade unless I knew it fixed a problem that affected me. I'm
pretty sure that I would upgrade from 7.5 to to 8.0 far more quickly, if for no
other reason that
Hi Mike
Some good points, as always.
Regardless of the version numbering system, it looks like one imperative is to
get people to update before their current version falls out of support.
While I don't rush to install the latest version on release day I don't like to
rely on my distribution's
Hi Mike
Don't understate your graphic design skills! I found your "No telemetry" slide
with the spy very powerful. It's a strong card to play and think consideration
should be given to displaying it on the LO home page.
All the best
Nige
LibreOffice - Free and open source office suite:
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