Re: [libreoffice-users] Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-10 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/11/2013 19:33, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: Open File Formats I still have State agency people send out MSO 2010 or 2013 Word .docx files to other agency people who still have MSO 2007 and did not have the budget to buy 2010 or 2013.

[libreoffice-users] Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-09 Thread M. Fioretti
Twelve (TWELVE!!!) years ago I asked OpenOffice users “Are you advocating OO correctly.. Continues on my blog: http://stop.zona-m.net/2013/11/shall-we-waste-twelve-more-years-promoting-free-office-suites-instead-of-open-office-formats/ Feedback very welcome, of course! Marco -- To

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-09 Thread Paul
Interesting article, and indeed it is true that the file format is the most important aspect of the office suite debate, but I think you are a little naive in your assumption that LO should stop doing any other type of marketing. Firstly, the question of a truly open and compatible format *is*

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-09 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster
On 11/09/2013 12:59 PM, M. Fioretti wrote: Twelve (TWELVE!!!) years ago I asked OpenOffice users “Are you advocating OO correctly.. Continues on my blog: http://stop.zona-m.net/2013/11/shall-we-waste-twelve-more-years-promoting-free-office-suites-instead-of-open-office-formats/ Feedback

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-09 Thread Jay Lozier
On Sat, 2013-11-09 at 14:33 -0500, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: On 11/09/2013 12:59 PM, M. Fioretti wrote: Twelve (TWELVE!!!) years ago I asked OpenOffice users “Are you advocating OO correctly.. Continues on my blog:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-09 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 21:25:19 PM +0200, Paul wrote: Interesting article, and indeed it is true that the file format is the most important aspect of the office suite debate, but I think you are a little naive in your assumption that LO should stop doing any other type of marketing. Hi Paul,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-09 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 15:20:49 PM -0500, Jay Lozier wrote: On Sat, 2013-11-09 at 14:33 -0500, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: There are two different topics here. 1 - Open File Formats - ODF 2 - Free and Open Source Software office suites - LO and OOo/AOO Kracked_P_P that is true. But

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-09 Thread Paul
On Sat, 9 Nov 2013 21:39:00 +0100 M. Fioretti mfiore...@nexaima.net wrote: Firstly, the question of a truly open and compatible format *is* used when discussing the problems with MSO. Secondly, we are so few, that... these are the SAME answers that ruled the scene in 2001. My point is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Shall we waste twelve more years promoting Free office suites instead of...

2013-11-09 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 23:29:01 PM +0200, Paul wrote: Also, I don't think the current situation could have been any better, no matter what argument we used. The fact that it is changing at all is testimony to our dedication in spreading all the good arguments for Open Source and ODF. This is,