Rory, You raise a contrast that I would like to understand.
I don't understand the claim you make and how it is substantiated. What Desktop Publishing programs are you thinking of, with regard to their use in producing non-critical, non-professional document layout? I'm having trouble understanding what that means and, if there is a decreased need for Desktop Publishing software as essential to such efforts, how making that easier is particularly unique to Apache OpenOffice. It seems to me, based on how long I have used word-processing software (and the occasional desktop-publishing product), since I began personal computing in 1979, that there have been alternatives to DTP for making attractive but non-critical documents without the aid of professionals for a very long time. Ways to have more quality easily seems to be part of steady improvement that tracks the increased power of personal computers. I think I'm missing something. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 09:18 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PUBLIC TALK] request for input for my talk "Apache OpenOffice - project status and release 4.0" On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:11:40 +0100 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <[email protected]> wrote: [ ... ] > I will give a talk on a German conference about Apache OpenOffice in mid > April 2013 in Berlin. I had already mentioned this German conference in > an earlier post [1]. The conference is about free office suite, mainly > focused on Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice, and the OpenDocument file > format. > The title of my talk is "Apache OpenOffice - project status and release > 4.0". > > In the first part I will present the continuation of the project at > Apache and the actual project status. Some general remarks on the > project structure and processes ("The Apache Way") will be included, I > think. The main purpose of this part is to demonstrate how well > OpenOffice evolves at Apache since the change the project had suffered > in mid 2011. This will strengthen the confidence/trust in the project. > > The second part is about our planned 4.0 release. The intention of this > part is to show how active the development of the product and the > project is by talking about the changes and improvements we had made/are > making for our planned 4.0 release. > > > Now my _big_ request to you _all_. > I am only one person and I have more or less a developer view on the > product and the project. E.g., I am not active on all our mailing lists. > On certain areas I have no deep insight. > Thus, please provide me with information about the stuff that is going > on in your area of interest. > What are the key milestones which you had achieved for the project? > What are your contributions for our coming 4.0 release? > [If wanted I can name the corresponding contributor(s) in the > presentation document.] > The talk's length is 45 min. (30 min talk, 15 min Q&A) - I am able to > fill the presentation with the stuff I know, but I strongly believe that > in this case certain important stuff and details about the > product/project will missing. [ ... ] You should mention the powerful style-based formatting and layout facilities of AOO and how it has largely superceded Desk Top Publishing applications for non critical/non professional document layout. Most users/authors are now able to undertake their own layout and produce competent looking documents using AOO. -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
