Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

Hi :)

Please can we try to be civil with each other.  Just because someone uses a 
system you don't approve of does not make them wrong.  OpenSource gives us 
choices and gives the opportunity to respect each others cultural and other 
differences.  I know it is a bit non-standard in the world out there!!

Dave is putting a LOT of work into preparing for the future.  I realise that 
some would rather wait until after the release before starting to prepare for 
it.  


Thanks to him if anyone gets an opportunity to launch an advertising campaign 
they don't have to spend ages developing it.  They can just reach for the final 
draft of the work he has done, or even his originals or if they do have time 
they might use his work as a starting point.  So, if anyone manages to get an 
article in their local paper about the forthcoming release of LibreOffice they 
can ask for one of the ads he created to be included on the same page.

We need people to get articles out there BEFORE release.  We need to be "up and 
running" from the moment the release arrives, or even before.  Starting to get 
things ready AFTER release would be like inviting people round to dinner and not 
going out to shop for the food until after they arrived.

> From Dave's comments i would assume he is preparing for release, or else maybe 
stamping the betas with a note telling people they are betas.  I would not have 
assumed that he was deliberately doing something wrong.

So far i have had no troubles working out who said what in Dave's emails.  
Obviously he is going to get a lot of criticism because he is the most active 
person in here but until you reach the same level of activity as him it is 
unjust to criticise.  Please find a way to work with people rather than against 
them especially when they are doing great stuff.

Regards from
Tom :)







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From: Stefan Weigel <stefan.weigel@bildungskreis.org>
To: marketing@libreoffice.org
Sent: Wed, 29 December, 2010 7:10:00
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO DVD fulfillment web-page

Hi Dave,

Am 28.12.2010 23:35, schrieb Dave Johnson:

> I am NOT selling the software just a professionally made DVD with
> a Windows and Macintosh binary. Probably OpenOffice.org 3.3.0

So what is on the DVD you are offering?

* LibreOffice has not been released yet.
* OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 has not been released yet

* Please don´t sell DVDs labeled "LibreOffice" when OpenOffice.org
is on it.
* Please don´t sell DVDs with beta state software without telling
that it is beta state software.

If you mean to support the project by distributing a "professionally
made DVD" on your website, which basically is a good thing, I would
like to see a professionally made website as well.

And please, for the sake of usability of this list for all readers,
please have a look at:
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

Thank you very much!

Stefan

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