Dear Kannan, I think your question is: do we have an online version of Libreoffice ? Full answer, we will, there's a prototype anyone can run (instructions on the wiki), we just need resources to make sure we have a fully dedicated team to fully develop it. This LibreOffice OnLine is not distinct from LibreOffice software itself (you can configure it as a server platform) and anyone with a reasonably sized server will be able to use it and have several users run it in their browser. If your question is : do we have a whole FOSS desktop stack, we don't, and we're not looking to have one. I agree with your latest comments though, and I again invite interested people/teams who are in contact with existing decision makers in ICT and education to ping me and we'll open a private mailing list for advocacy/policy coordination. best, Charles. Le mercredi 24 avril 2013 à 10:48 +0530, Kannan Moudgalya a écrit :
Dear All, I have changed the subject head to focus on the topic of discussion. Do we already have a similar product using open source software components only? If not, what will it take to put together such a product? We are in the process of formulating a strategy to counter this diktat. Many FOSS groups in India are also looking into this matter. An alternate solution based on FOSS will possibly the most potent weapon in the hands of FOSS activists. I would like to end this mail with a positive thought: this diktat and the expected challenges will increase the FOSS awareness in India. Regards, Kannan On 20/04/13 6:03 PM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:On 04/20/2013 04:11 AM, goldfish@aol.in wrote:Hi, I feel LibreOffice has much more value than competing products. I find this very sad news: AICTE Makes Microsoft Office 365 Mandatory For Technical Colleges In India! - http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=104544 Could we please educate 'educational' institutions so that they have more value, save money and hopeful give back to LO. Any suggestions? Thanks, PaulSchools teach MSO since most businesses use MSO. The same with Windows OS. Well, businesses are needing more and more tech people with Linux abilities. So the MS stronghold of the operating systems of business is getting weaker since businesses need Linux OS more and more to run their businesses. So, as more and more businesses make the move to LibreOffice over MSO, then there will be a need of experienced LO users. That will start making schools realize that to compete, they will need to teach courses that include LO. We need to show that LibreOffice is gaining a foothold in the office suite market. National governments, regional [city] governments, and large businesses are switching to LO over MSO. So gathering a list of these major "switchers", and not just articles that would take time to read, would be a good start. If you can show a school, business, or local government, a list of these governments, businesses, and others, that have made the switch to LO, that can show a school that there is a market for trained LO users. The more proof we have that LO is making inroads into the office suite, the more "help" we will have to show others that LO is a package that is growing and you should look into it to see why governments, businesses, and others are switching. With that proof of LO's growing market share, taken from MSO, schools should see that MSO is no longer the only office suite package that should be taught in their courses. I do not know if we can get them to have courses dedicated only to LO, but they should include it in their teaching about how to use office suites. It will take time.-- Bridging digital divide through FOSS, Spoken Tutorials and Aakash http://aakashlabs.org/builds/genesis-reprint.pdf http://spoken-tutorial.org/CSI.pdf http://spoken-tutorial.org/What-is-a-Spoken-Tutorial-2-Minute-Video-English http://scilab.in/Textbook_Companion_Project http://scilab.in/Lab_Migration_Project -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+help@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
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