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2008/1/30 Kazunari Hirano <[メールアドレス保護]>: > こちらでプレスリリースしましょう。 > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > Edinburgh, Scotland (PRWEB) January 30, 2008 -- The OpenOffice.org > Community, home of the leading free software alternative to Microsoft > Office, today announced details of a major new programme from Sun > Microsystems to recognise contributors to a selection of Free/open > source communities. The OpenOffice.org Community Innovation Program is > a contest open to all Community members, designed to foster community > development and innovation. There are six broad categories for > entries: Technical, Community, Tools, OpenDocument Format (ODF), > Documentation and Special. > > Community Manager Louis Suarez-Potts described the scheme to potential > entrants: "What are we looking for? In general terms, we are looking > for superlative work that is useful to the Community; work that is > challenging, that is non-trivial, and that furthers the Community as > much as the software. You can enter alone or in a team; and if you are > eligible, you could win a lot of money." > > It is expected that the contest will generate keen interest among > current Community members, and bring a surge of new members to the > Community. The Community welcomes software engineers, testers, > translators, authors, support people, artists, marketing people - > "whatever you do well, do it for OpenOffice.org" - see > http://contribute.openoffice.org > [website __title__ Ways to contribute] > > Full details are available at > http://development.openoffice.org/community_innovation_program.html > [here __title__ contest website]. The contest has been backed by > $175,000 (USD) of cash awards from Sun Microsystems - part of a $1m > investment in open-source community development > http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/awards > [announced last December]. > > About OpenOffice.org > > The http://www.openoffice.org [OpenOffice.org Community __title__ The > Community's website] is an international team of volunteer and > sponsored contributors who develop, support, and promote the leading > open-source office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org(R). > OpenOffice.org's leading edge software technology (UNO) is also > available for developers, systems integrators, etc to use in > OpenOffice.org extensions or in their own applications. > > OpenOffice.org supports the Open Document Format for Office > Applications (OpenDocument) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300) as well as > legacy file formats such as Microsoft Office and is available on major > computing platforms in over 70 languages. OpenOffice.org software is > provided under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) and may be > used free of charge for any purpose, private or commercial. > > The OpenOffice.org Community acknowledges generous sponsorship from a > number of companies, including Sun Microsystems, the founding sponsor > and primary contributor. > > Press Contacts > > Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -5h00) > OpenOffice.org Community Manager > Chair, Community Council > louis @ openoffice.org > +1 (416) 625 3843 (mobile) > +1 (416) 531-9513 (landline) > > John McCreesh (UTC +0h00) > OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead > Member, Community Council > jpmcc @ openoffice.org > +44 (0)7 810 278 540 > > Florian Effenberger (UTC +01h00) > OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead > [メールアドレス保護] > +49 8341 99660880 (landline) > +49 151 14424108 (mobile) > > http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html [Worldwide Marketing > Contacts __title__ contact an OpenOffice.org representative in your > language or geography] > > ### > > http://development.openoffice.org/community_innovation_program.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [メールアドレス保護] For additional commands, e-mail: [メールアドレス保護]
