Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Draft Conference PR

Hi :)
Ahhh, now i get it.  I agreee with what Charles seems to be saying here.  

It would be nice to help ODF plugfests take place more cheaply and help them directly access 
end-users of various products that use the ODF standard but if that is creating friction then it 
needs thinking about.  

> From the sounds of it IBM's attitude is typical of the sort of thing that keeps MS dominant.  We 
> could be  co-operating with each other and pushing the standard forwards, getting it more 
> publicity and raising it's profile.  Hopefully IBM might realise that sometime soon.  

TDF and LO are quite amazing and other projects should be pushing us into helping raise their 
profile instead of grumbling about your hard-won successes.  
Apols and regards from
Tom :)  


--- On Mon, 25/6/12, Charles-H.Schulz <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:

From: Charles-H.Schulz <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Draft Conference PR
To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Monday, 25 June, 2012, 10:55

Le lundi 25 juin 2012 à 17:23 +1000, Jean Weber a écrit :
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
> <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> > Florian,
> >
> > Could we please take out the "ODF plugfest" mention and replace it by ODF
> > Track? It seems that IBM is vehemently refusing to allow the official ODF
> > Plugfest to occur at the LibreOffice Conference.
>
>
> Wow, really? Do they have an excuse... sorry, reason?


Their reason is that "in order to avoid any friction, ODF plugfests
should take place in neutral venues, for instance not in LibreOffice
Conference or AOO conferences". The problem is of course that there has
been so far zero AOO conference, and already one LibreOffice Conference.
I don't see why it's bad to have an ODF PLugfest at the LibreOffice
conference or at any AOO conference, or even KDE Summit, for that
matter. There are multiple implementations of ODF out there, and it's an
advantage, not a problem. But the "neutrality" argument is always pushed
in such a way that TDF is the culprit, and I'm getting tired of that. 

I am very much in favor to keep our ODF Track without the ODF Plugfest
tagging on it, and in fact I think that instead of a "track" we should
turn it into a specific hackfest on  ODF, where everyone (I mean,
*everyone*) would be invited to join. What do others think?

best,


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