Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: PC world article

Hi :)

I am sorry but my fingers typed on autopilot.  There are many forums and places 
that use much harsher words to describe those amazingly liberating and generous 
people at Redmond.  It is unkind to speak so badly of them when they treat 
people so wonderfully and produce such excellent products that co-operate with 
others so well.  I am sure that they talk about LibreOffice with high regard and 
we should be just as respectful to them.  Perhaps we should be promoting them 
since they are so wonderful. The name i used is child-like rather than really 
insulting or derogatory.  Clearly you seem to think that "squish" means 
something it doesn't.  Perhaps you are thinking of "squash"?  If those wonderful 
people at Redmond had lost court cases such as the EU one about offering a 
choice of web-browsers then such terms might be considered apt.  Oh wait, they 
did.

Regards from
Tom :)





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From: Italo Vignoli <italo.vignoli@gmail.com>
To: marketing@libreoffice.org
Sent: Wed, 26 January, 2011 16:56:12
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: PC world article

On 1/26/11 5:27 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Errr, i meant write an article for PCWorld promoting LibreOffice and see if
> PCWorld would pay to publish the article?  I would think that the 1st step 
> would
> be to contact PCWorld with an idea and ask how much they would pay?

Sorry, but I do not think that at this stage it is a good idea at all, and I 
kindly ask anybody to refrain from such a project. Magazines have the right to 
choose their contributors and to decide how much they want to pay them for their 
services, but suggesting an article that has not been requested - being an 
advocate of that product - does not qualify for money (and it would be 
considered very naif).

I write an average of four articles per month about free software, but I have 
never received any money for them (while I am regularly paid for my articles 
when is the magazine that asks me to write something).

Media relations is a professional activity, and we have to handle it very 
carefully. Jumping in without the propoer qualification is a risk for the 
awareness and the reputation of the whole project.

> I hope we are happy with people using LibreOffice to make money in legitimate
> ways as suggested by the "Free Software Foundation" and Richard Stallman.
> Otherwise we all need to work for people such as MicroSquish or Oracle during
> the day and then see if there is any time left outside of that.  NOT exactly a
> good option for many people!

Yes, we are happy if people makes money in a legitimate way, but this is not a 
legitimate way. In addition, as I have clearly stated at least once, please 
refrain from calling Microsoft on TDF mailing lists in any different way, 
especially if you call other companies with their right name.

If you miss the keys to write Microsoft, you are free to cut and paste from this 
message: Microsoft MicroSoft MICROSOFT microsoft. You have all the flavours now.

Ciao, Italo

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