Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Recruitment for Base (Was Re: [steering-discuss] Base - a new mailing list?)

Hi Charles,

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
<charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> > Although, like Tom, I'd love to see TDF get something moving with
> > Google (one of our supporters, no?) and work on Google Docs
> > integration.
>
> Google Docs is proprietary...

Sure, but they have been one of our declared supporters from the
outset of the project, yet I'm not aware of anything that Google and
TDF have worked on together. I think it's a pity.

While it's true that Google Docs is proprietary, they are pretty
supportive of OS projects.
And, pragmatically, they provide a free, cloud-based service that
supports ODF formats. With a very big user base. I imagine that a lot
of interest would be generated by LibreOffice/Google Docs integration,
which could certainly have positive spin-offs for our project.

I have a feeling that Google would probably react helpfully if we
started the ball rolling, especially if the SC showed a positive
attitude to the idea...

If TDF was interested, I have a relevant contact I could approach
about it... It would be interesting to see what might come of it...
What do you think about that?

In any case, the proposed survey is one really good way forward already.

Once again, just my 2 cents... ;-)

-- 
David Nelson

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