>> I think that it prevents the author from taking a look at OOo. Instead >> of asking him a question, and possibly encouraging him to look into >> OOo, you are giving him an answer to a question that nobody asked. >> What will he do with that? >> > > ... put it on his site allowing other people to find that answer. If the > question asked in the article was something nobody actually wanted to know > in the first place, the article wouldn't be read. This would testify of a > crummy writer (and probably not a very interesting blog) > Giving the answer would actually (so I hope) help existing users... and > would point out how "a free application" could actually offer quality too.
Exactly. Nobody was interested in OOo, rather they were interested in MSO. We must display interest in MSO so that good writers will write about it. >>> >>> Offering the author an additional content item on his/her website/blog >>> about this item in Ooo.org will also increase traffic to their site >>> >> >> If you give him one item, then he has one more page. If you interest >> him in OOo, then he will have hundreds of new pages. I think that >> there is an expression about teaching a man to fish that is relevant >> here. >> > > Well... that thing about the fish has 2 big prerequisites: (1) the man > wanting the fish, must feel the need. (2) the man bust believe he's capable > of fishing. People using MS Office don't feel hungry, and indeed, many > people think of "Open Source" to be geek-ware (= "out of my league"). > To make a comparison: you won't convince a 12-year-old who's in Mc Donalds > daily to grow his own vegetables and to slaughter his own cow... (1) He's > used to the fat and fast food. He's willing to pay for the comfort ... (2) > that's to complex for him ... and (3) He's not hungry. > > Bottom line: give me one good reason (and please: now get into the mindset > of someone who isn't interested in Openoffice and has a busy job) why that > author will do the effort. Presumably that author will write about what his audience is asking about. Otherwise, he is a crumby author. >>> >>> (it's called "third party content" and is an enrichment for a site). >>> Not only will search results on "create TOC ms word" lead them to their >>> page, but also "create TOC openoffice writer" - thus increasing the >>> visitors to their site (what many bloggers apparently seem to want) >>> >> >> If you want to write all that author's OOo content, be my guest. My >> intention was to get him to take an interest in OOo and write about >> it, not to have him publish your writings. > > Nope, don't want to write his site for him... just want to give the author a > small snack and emphasize how easy it is: I would hope the author would > think: "Shit man, this can be done with that free application too?" (pardon > for the language) > I would hope this surprise would trigger him to actually take a look and see > if it's really that easy to getting it done in OOo. I'll "spoon feed" a > toddler until it's big enough to scoop himself. And as a responsible parent, > I'll even cook his food until he's out (and then hope he'll grow up to cook > healthy if it's up to him). > Obviously one has to choose his "battles": don't go spamming all MS Office > sites with (copy * replace "MS Office" with "OOo" * paste) type of > questions. This will quickly annoy every blogger. If you choose 1 or 2 much > read and highly sought (and seemingly complex) problems and solve them... > this will result in an increase to the site of the blogger (blogger wins at > it) AND a bigger exposure to Openoffice (OOo winst at it) - if the blogger > sees how the OOo article causes a traffic increase, this will also not > remain unnoticed: the author sees how OOo-users are (becoming) a relevant > impact group. > If you feel that way about it, them go write the first few articles for them. Please let me know where they are published so that I can leave comments encouraging the author for more. > And yes, it requires a little more effort. It also tells us something about > the community: The Open Source World is community driven, and OOo actually > has users who try to answer your questions (not at a rate of $50 per hour). > Then why would that author write about OOo if users will go elsewhere for their answers? You are courting an author, not a new user. > Wow! This thread is growing into a long mail... > (I think it's actually quite important) > I agree, it is important. Now go out and write to some random author, no matter how you go about it: http://www.google.com/search?q=ms+office+tips -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
