[us-marketing] Re: Followup on the LibreOffice request

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Jeff Chimene <jchimene@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks:
>
> Do you have any comments on the following? I want to keep this email brief,
> so that Krys can forward it. Please respond as quickly as possible.
>
> Cheers,
> jec
> =============================================
> Hi Krys,
>
> Thanks to Rackspace for hosting last night's Happy Hour event, and taking
> the time to discuss my request.
>
> First, some disclosure: I am not a member of The Document Foundation. I am
> making this request on the Foundation's behalf. As I have a current business
> relationship with Rackspace, and am attending SCALE to promote LibreOffice,
> it seemed appropriate that I initiate the conversation with Rackspace.
>
> As we discussed, The Foundation is asking Rackspace to donate Cloud Files
> services for six months to host an ISO image that contains the current
> LibreOffice distribution as well as additional contributed software.
>
> There is a North American ISO image of the current LibreOffice software
> suite in production. By "North American" I mean the DVD will contain
> language-specific versions of the LibreOffice product in dialects of the
> English, French and Spanish languages. In addition to the core LibreOffice
> suite, the ISO image will also contain other contributed software.
>
> We expect to have the ISO image ready by the middle to end of March. We
> believe that in six months time, The Foundation will have a server online
> that will act as the permanent distribution node for this content.
>
> Thank-you for your help bringing this request to the attention of the
> Rackspace crew. I'm copyng others involved in this effort to keep them in
> the loop.
>
> Best wishes,
> Jeffrey Chimene

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