Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Tariff Inspired LibreOffice Uptake in Canada
I appreciate Mike Saunders's "politically neutral" promotional approach. In addition to privacy and data control, I believe adding financial impact would give the message a significant boost. Paying [increasing] annual subscriptions year after year doesn't make much/any sense to the average office software user and small businesses. Given that everyone understands the language of money, such a message can be promoted internationally, hopefully with good results. On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM jonathon wrote: > On 2025-03-08 17:45, Jorge E. Restrepo wrote: > > > It's time to promote all FOSS products as stateless belonging to the > global community. > > Along those lines, can I point out that: > * The People's Republic of China; > * The Democratic Republic of Korea; > * The Russian Federation; > have government funded forks of major FLOSS software, which are, in > theory, to be used by every organisation, and everybody in the country. > > Half a dozen western countries have forks of major FLOSS software, to be > used by military and government agencies and personnel. > > All countries gave the same rational for their fork: National Security. > > jonathon > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Tariff Inspired LibreOffice Uptake in Canada
On 2025-03-08 17:45, Jorge E. Restrepo wrote: It's time to promote all FOSS products as stateless belonging to the global community. Along those lines, can I point out that: * The People's Republic of China; * The Democratic Republic of Korea; * The Russian Federation; have government funded forks of major FLOSS software, which are, in theory, to be used by every organisation, and everybody in the country. Half a dozen western countries have forks of major FLOSS software, to be used by military and government agencies and personnel. All countries gave the same rational for their fork: National Security. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Tariff Inspired LibreOffice Uptake in Canada
Hi crusader222, On 08/03/2025 16:46, crusader222 wrote: New member, first post! Welcome to the community! Glad to have you on board :-) In light of the “avoidance” of US products in response to recent [threats of] tariffs, has there been a [noticeable/known] increase in LibreOffice uptake in Canada, especially by individuals? I am specifically referring to “avoidance” of Micro$oft products similar to LibreOffice. As we don't track users we can't say for sure. I've just looked at the download logs and there's been no noticeable spike in downloads from Canadian IP addresses, at least. Is there any [known] effort to publicize LibreOffice in Canada, especially after [the threat of] recent tariffs We (TDF) prefer not to get involved in current affairs politics in our marketing and communications, but I hinted at this recently, which got a lot of likes and shares: https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice/114155438902601123 I like the point made by Jorge in his reply to your message: "promote all FOSS products as stateless belonging to the global community". Maybe this is a message we can craft -- but again, without getting into specifics about certain countries or politicians. Maybe something for the blog and social media like: "More and more people are getting concerned by the power and political influence of tech giants. The world is changing, and people are looking for options that respect their privacy and give them control over their data. This is where free and open source software (FOSS) like LibreOffice steps in: it doesn't belong to any one company or country, but is truly international, made by communities across the world." ...that's a starting point. What do people think? :-) BTW, crusader222, if you're interested in growing the LibreOffice community and/or awareness in Canada, please let us know! Cheers, Mike -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Tariff Inspired LibreOffice Uptake in Canada
Great point brought by crusader222. It's time to promote all FOSS products as stateless belonging to the global community. On Sat, Mar 8, 2025, 07:48 crusader222 wrote: > Hello, > > New member, first post! > > In light of the “avoidance” of US products in response to recent [threats > of] tariffs, has there been a [noticeable/known] increase in LibreOffice > uptake in Canada, especially by individuals? I am specifically referring to > “avoidance” of Micro$oft products similar to LibreOffice. > > Is there any [known] effort to publicize LibreOffice in Canada, especially > after [the threat of] recent tariffs > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
