[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Marketing the next release

Le 2010-11-03 16:56, Michel Gagnon a écrit :
> Le 2010-11-03 16:06, leif a écrit :
> > Hi Marc,
> > I'm not trying to emphasize LibO compared to OOo. But in every software
> > release, the users are asking: Whats new?
> >
> > If we don't say what we have achieved so far our users will wonder why
> > we are hiding it.
> >
> >
> > /Cheers
> > Leif
>
>
> I think we need to compare LibO 3.3 to OOo 3.2.1 and say what's new in a
> way that can easily be understood by common users. Having a dry table
> with a list of "issues" doesn't mean anything for the average user. By
> the same token, it could be said, for example, that the migration from
> OpenOffice to LibreOffice won't change anything for the user,
> compatibility wise, but will allow the developers more freedom to
> develop a better software (or interface, or...). This way, we don't fuel
> a debate between OOo and LibO, but rather between LibO (OOo) and
> commercial products.
>
> We should also highlight a few advantages of LibreOffice vs the other
> commercial suites. I must admit that my list is more geared toward the
> power user than the casual user, so work could be done on it. Here I start:
> - more possibilities with styles (at least in Writer and Calc)
> - variables allow more possibilities for long documents
> - better integration between modules, which means a few more formatting
> and customizing possibilities in Calc and Impress
> - unbeatable cost.

Should we also point out working example as our internal use of ODF 
formats being used in an extensive way with our documentation projects?

This would be interesting for any business/corporation enquiries about 
enterprise application. We are close in shape to a corporate 
organisation and it is always nice to show an internal enterprise 
application of LibO. Even if it is our own.

Marc


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