On 10/07/2008 06:36 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:30:58 -0700 > NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > >> Thanks! I reckon that you've just caused me to go out & learn something >> else/new... I've my college son (2nd year) on Ubuntu & OOo (no >> Microsoft) and if I can figure out how to use this properly then I'll >> have another tool to add to his system. Besides that, it's always cool >> when dad shows him how to use new features/addons to OOo :-) > > Assuing he is an OOo evangelist, this will help hi promote OOo among > his fellow students. I do that all the time. So far I have had little > success, but I am planning on showing off OOo with Zotero in the hopes > that it will gain converts. > > I should add that my big problem promoting OOo is the incredible > computer illiteracy of fellow students. I suggested Ubuntu (live CD) to > a graduate student and she said "I can't install any more programs on > my computer because my husband used up all the RAM." > > <sigh> > > Regarding success promoting OOo, it would be really cool if I could > obtain large quantities (100+) of OOo on CD complete with pretty > graphics and stuff. In my experience, when I hand someone a CD with OOo > they are not impressed with the "OOo" label that I wrote on the CD with > a sharpie. Professional looking CDs are essential. Moreover, as a Linux > zealot, I find that getting someone into open source software is best > done by starting them with something like OOo. Changing to Linux comes > later.
Well... OOo is all he's known for the past 2 years :-) You might be interested in these: http://education.openoffice.org/ http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project http://marketing.openoffice.org/index.html http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_where.html http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/galleries/cdart/index.html [I'm still waiting for the 3.0 cdart...] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
