Re: [us-marketing] White House endorses open source - be nice if they do the same of LibreOffice.

On 02/18/2011 09:23 AM, C. Olofson wrote:
> On 02/18/2011 06:11 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> > So does anyone know a way to get the White House, or the proper 
> > people in the US government, to look at LibreOffice's efforts in the 
> > open source community and to review the software package?  The 
> > article seems to be a possible boost to the several packages it named 
> > that the White House and other agencies use.  What would such an 
> > article do for LibreOffice if the White House started to use 
> > LibreOffice? 
>
> I don't have any quick answers for you other than there is a lot of 
> work going on  in this space:
>
> http://opensourceforamerica.org/
> http://opensource.com/government
> http://goscon.org/
>
> -Craig

Well, it is a thought though.

I have hear of the Opensourceforamerica.org before, but do not know what 
they are all about.

But, the idea of an endorsement from a government agency may be a big 
help when people start talking about the reasons "they" should use open 
source software, and LibreOffice specifically.  The more 
governments/agencies, big businesses, publications, etc., etc., that 
endorse LibreOffice, the better it looks for the smaller businesses, 
organizations, etc., etc., would feel about trying LibreOffice for their 
office suite needs.

I am not a marketing person, but I know when I was "talking up" 
OpenOffice.org over the past few years, I found that if I could state 
that "this publication" or "that government agency" is now using OOo for 
its needs, the more the person [or organization reps] listened to me.  I 
have a few people and groups that basically say that if I use the 
software, they will give it a try.  It is harder for the others though.

So, if there is a list being developed somewhere that states that this 
publication, organization, business, government, endorses the use of 
LibreOffice as a good alternative to Microsoft Office Suite, it would be 
a help.  I know there is a list online of the articles that mention 
LibreOffice, but adding businesses and such to the list would be helpful 
to people like me who wants to convince people that LibreOffice is the 
solution to there office needs.



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