Re: [us-marketing] The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3

Wonderful! Great job all. And particular congratulations and thanks to
the courageous crew that got this going. Heroes!

I support the fundamentals that Joe Rotello has suggested. I haven't
looked at the details or the implications of each element. However,
TDF has the opportunity to capture the attention and imaginations of a
lot of people with the right messaging.

Thank you all
Carl

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:06 AM, Florian Effenberger
<floeff@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3
>
> The first stable release of the free office suite is available for download
>
> The Internet, January 25, 2011 - The Document Foundation launches
> LibreOffice 3.3, the first stable release of the free office suite developed
> by the community. In less than four months, the number of developers hacking
> LibreOffice has grown from less than twenty in late September 2010, to well
> over one hundred today. This has allowed us to release ahead of the
> aggressive schedule set by the project.
>
> Not only does it ship a number of new and original features, LibreOffice 3.3
> is also a significant achievement for a number of reasons:
>
> - the developer community has been able to build their own and independent
> process, and get up and running in a very short time (with respect to the
> size of the code base and the project's strong ambitions);
>
> - thanks to the high number of new contributors having been attracted into
> the project, the source code is quickly undergoing a major clean-up to
> provide a better foundation for future development of LibreOffice;
>
> - the Windows installer, which is going to impact the largest and most
> diverse user base, has been integrated into a single build containing all
> language versions, thus reducing the size for download sites from 75 to
> 11GB, making it easier for us to deploy new versions more rapidly and
> lowering the carbon footprint of the entire infrastructure.
>
> Caolán McNamara from RedHat, one of the developer community leaders,
> comments, "We are excited: this is our very first stable release, and
> therefore we are eager to get user feedback, which will be integrated as
> soon as possible into the code, with the first enhancements being released
> in February. Starting from March, we will be moving to a real time-based,
> predictable, transparent and public release schedule, in accordance with
> Engineering Steering Committee's goals and users' requests". The LibreOffice
> development roadmap is available at
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan
>
> LibreOffice 3.3 brings several unique new features. The 10 most-popular
> among community members are, in no particular order: the ability to import
> and work with SVG files; an easy way to format title pages and their
> numbering in Writer; a more-helpful Navigator Tool for Writer; improved
> ergonomics in Calc for sheet and cell management; and Microsoft Works and
> Lotus Word Pro document import filters. In addition, many great extensions
> are now bundled, providing PDF import, a slide-show presenter console, a
> much improved report builder, and more besides. A more-complete and detailed
> list of all the new features offered by LibreOffice 3.3 is viewable on the
> following web page:
> http://www.libreoffice.org/download/new-features-and-fixes/
>
> LibreOffice 3.3 also provides all the new features of OpenOffice.org 3.3,
> such as new custom properties handling; embedding of standard PDF fonts in
> PDF documents; new Liberation Narrow font; increased document protection in
> Writer and Calc; auto decimal digits for "General" format in Calc; 1 million
> rows in a spreadsheet; new options for CSV import in Calc; insert drawing
> objects in Charts; hierarchical axis labels for Charts; improved slide
> layout handling in Impress; a new easier-to-use print interface; more
> options for changing case; and colored sheet tabs in Calc. Several of these
> new features were contributed by members of the LibreOffice team prior to
> the formation of The Document Foundation.
>
> LibreOffice hackers will be meeting at FOSDEM in Brussels on February 5 and
> 6, and will be presenting their work during a one-day workshop on February
> 6, with speeches and hacking sessions coordinated by several members of the
> project.
>
> The home of The Document Foundation is at http://www.documentfoundation.org
>
> The home of LibreOffice is at http://www.libreoffice.org where the download
> page has been redesigned by the community to be more user-friendly.
>
>
> *** About The Document Foundation
>
> The Document Foundation has the mission of facilitating the evolution of the
> OOo Community into a new, open, independent, and meritocratic organization
> within the next few months. An independent Foundation is a better reflection
> of the values of our contributors, users and supporters, and will enable a
> more effective, efficient and transparent community. TDF will protect past
> investments by building on the achievements of the first decade, will
> encourage wide participation within the community, and will co-ordinate
> activity across the community.
>
>
> *** Media Contacts for TDF
>
> Florian Effenberger (Germany)
> Mobile: +49 151 14424108 - E-mail: floeff@documentfoundation.org
> Olivier Hallot (Brazil)
> Mobile: +55 21 88228812 - E-mail: olivier.hallot@documentfoundation.org
> Charles H. Schulz (France)
> Mobile: +33 6 98655424 - E-mail: charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org
> Italo Vignoli (Italy)
> Mobile: +39 348 5653829 - E-mail: italo.vignoli@documentfoundation.org
>
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> Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation
> Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108
> Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff
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