(but this is a long story based on Sun's global lack of marketing skills).
Yes I had a few meetings with them in the UK in relation to the UK schools
market. Their complete ignorance of the specialist nature of the market and
not even recognising the fact was a good part of the reason I set up on
On 4/29/13 5:21 AM, Marc Paré wrote:
> I am not disputing the fact that it is political etc. Just pointing out
> that in the past, OpenOffice's slow/non-adoption into larger
> organizations was perhaps due to a flaw in our marketing angle and that
> perhaps a different approach may give us a bette
On 29 April 2013 13:53, Marc Paré wrote:
> Le 29/04/13 04:46 AM, Ian Lynch a écrit :
>
>> On 29 April 2013 04:34, Marc Paré wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ian,
>>>
>>> I am not sure I agree; if this were the case, they would have moved to
>>> OpenOffice already.
>>>
>>
>> Why? No-one with any expertise in the
Le 29/04/13 02:40 AM, Cor Nouws a écrit :
Marc Paré wrote (29-04-13 05:21)
Where I believe the whole project is disjointed is that without an LTS,
the TDF/LibreOffice project cuts itself out of the large
institutional/organizational market. I doubt very much that a large
institution wishing to
Le 29/04/13 04:46 AM, Ian Lynch a écrit :
On 29 April 2013 04:34, Marc Paré wrote:
Hi Ian,
I am not sure I agree; if this were the case, they would have moved to
OpenOffice already.
Why? No-one with any expertise in their industry has spoken to the
right people. Don't under-estimate the time
Tom Davies wrote (29-04-13 13:34)
How long does it take an institution to evaluate a peice of software
before they seriously consider installing it?
One day, two houres and 15 minutes.
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On 29 April 2013 04:34, Marc Paré wrote:
> Hi Ian,
>
> Le 28/04/13 06:20 AM, Ian Lynch a écrit :
>
>> It's more complex. It is different in different European countries.
>> Some have more central political control than others. eg in Germany
>> education is by the sixteen Länder in England individu
Marc Paré wrote (29-04-13 05:21)
Where I believe the whole project is disjointed is that without an LTS,
the TDF/LibreOffice project cuts itself out of the large
institutional/organizational market. I doubt very much that a large
institution wishing to save money on licensing fees would be very
Hi Ian,
Le 28/04/13 06:20 AM, Ian Lynch a écrit :
It's more complex. It is different in different European countries.
Some have more central political control than others. eg in Germany
education is by the sixteen Länder in England individual schools have
local management. The details are even d
Le 27/04/13 07:24 PM, Italo Vignoli a écrit :
On 04/25/2013 10:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational sphere
we need to list those values that really count. We already know of the
obvious ones of file compatibility etc., but we need to work on
On 28 April 2013 00:24, Italo Vignoli wrote:
>
> On 04/25/2013 10:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
>
> > If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational sphere
> > we need to list those values that really count. We already know of the
> > obvious ones of file compatibility etc., but we ne
On 04/25/2013 10:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
> If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational sphere
> we need to list those values that really count. We already know of the
> obvious ones of file compatibility etc., but we need to work on the
> assets that really count to education
On 27 April 2013 00:59, Marc Paré wrote:
> Le 26/04/13 06:14 PM, Jean Weber a écrit :
>
>
> I agree with Charles that it's mostly a political problem. I also agree
>> with Marc that education sector wants certain features or at least some
>> easy way to do certain things.
>>
>> One item that has
Le 26/04/13 06:14 PM, Jean Weber a écrit :
I agree with Charles that it's mostly a political problem. I also agree with
Marc that education sector wants certain features or at least some easy way to
do certain things.
One item that has been on my documentation wish list for years is a book (o
On 26/04/2013, at 23:57, "Charles-H. Schulz"
wrote:
> Hello Marc,
>
>
> Le Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:15:07 -0400,
> Marc Paré a écrit :
>
>> HI Kannan and Charles,
>>
>> If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational
>> sphere we need to list those values that really count. We
Hello Marc,
Le Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:15:07 -0400,
Marc Paré a écrit :
> HI Kannan and Charles,
>
> If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational
> sphere we need to list those values that really count. We already
> know of the obvious ones of file compatibility etc., but we n
HI Kannan and Charles,
If we are to expound the values of LibreOffice in the educational sphere
we need to list those values that really count. We already know of the
obvious ones of file compatibility etc., but we need to work on the
assets that really count to educational organizations. Here
e: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced
>to use MS Office
>
>
>They do it in France as well and in many other countries. The cost is
>one argument, but then there can be other arguments on costs as well.
>This being said, there are plenty of policy arguments t
They do it in France as well and in many other countries. The cost is
one argument, but then there can be other arguments on costs as well.
This being said, there are plenty of policy arguments to counter that.
best,
Charles.
Le mercredi 24 avril 2013 à 20:26 +0530, Kannan Moudgalya a écrit :
> M
MS is giving this solution to India free of cost!
Kannan
On 24/04/13 7:35 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
Le 24/04/13 08:34 AM, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit :
Dear Kannan,
I think your question is: do we have an online version of Libreoffice ?
Full answer, we will, there's a prototype anyone can run (inst
Le 24/04/13 08:34 AM, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit :
Dear Kannan,
I think your question is: do we have an online version of Libreoffice ?
Full answer, we will, there's a prototype anyone can run (instructions
on the wiki), we just need resources to make sure we have a fully
dedicated team to fully
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