Re: [us-marketing] Kim Komando Show [newsletter] promotes LibreOffice

Good comments and good to see she is promoting 
LibreOffice. She did forget to mention its available for Linux. 
Some of us do not use Microsoft!!! or Mac OSX. 

On Thursday, September 15, 2011 09:00:05 AM webmaster 
for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> If you never heard of Kim Komando, the digital goddess, 
she has a
> nationally broadcasted tech radio show, e-newsletters, and 
a column in
> USA Today national newspaper.
>
> In her "Daily Download" e-newsletter, she is promoting 
LibreOffice as a
> Microsoft Office Alternative.
>
> This lady has a large following on the radio, and with her
> e-newsletters.  I do not read USA Today, so I do not know 
how well those
> articles are.
>
> So here is another way for advertisement and promotion for 
LibreOffice.
> Below is the listing in the "Daily Download" and the online 
article.  I
> have removed the non-LO related  information and 
advertising from these
> so it will not be an issue.
>
>
>
> ------- from the e-newsletter ---------
>
> A free substitute for Microsoft Office
>
> Microsoft Office is the gold standard for productivity 
software. It's
> used by everyone from students to major corporations. That 
popularity is
> definitely reflected in the price tag.
>
> What if you can't afford Microsoft Office? Perhaps you just 
need
> something for a short-term project and can't justify the 
investment
> right now. Good news: There are several free alternatives to 
Office.
> Depending on your needs, some work just as well as 
Microsoft's
> productivity suite.
>
> LibreOffice is an excellent alternative. It offers six 
programs, and
> you'll find most of them instantly familiar.
>
> For example there's Writer, which is a Word clone. Then 
there's Calc,
> which is a spreadsheet like Excel. There's also Impress, a 
presentation
> program similar to PowerPoint.
>
> Those are the options you're most likely to need. A drawing 
program, a
> database program and an equation program round out the 
offerings. All of
> these combined make for an excellent replacement to 
pricier suites.
> LibreOffice is also compatible with the most popular 
document formats.
> It can read .DOC from Word and .XLS from Excel, for 
example. That only
> scrapes the surface of what it offers.
>
> Cost: Free
> Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and 
Mac OSX
> Click Here to Download Now >>
>
> ------ NOTE her download link goes to her online article --------
>
> ------ the online article link and the text --------
http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=10270&utm_medium=nl&utm_so
> urce=dotd&utm_content=2011-09-15-
article&utm_campaign=title
>
<http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=10270&utm_medium=nl&utm_
> source=dotd&utm_content=2011-09-15-
article&utm_campaign=title>
> A free substitute for Microsoft Office
>
> Microsoft Office is the gold standard for productivity 
software. It's
> used by everyone from students to major corporations. That 
popularity is
> definitely reflected in the price tag.
>
> What if you can't afford Microsoft Office? Perhaps you just 
need
> something for a short-term project and can't justify the 
investment
> right now. Good news: There are several free alternatives to 
Office.
> Depending on your needs, some work just as well as 
Microsoft's
> productivity suite.
>
> LibreOffice is an excellent alternative. It offers six 
programs, and
> you'll find most of them instantly familiar.
>
> For example there's Writer, which is a Word clone. Then 
there's Calc,
> which is a spreadsheet like Excel. There's also Impress, a 
presentation
> program similar to PowerPoint.
>
> Those are the options you're most likely to need. A drawing 
program, a
> database program and an equation program round out the 
offerings. All of
> these combined make for an excellent replacement to 
pricier suites.
> LibreOffice is also compatible with the most popular 
document formats.
> It can read .DOC from Word and .XLS from Excel, for 
example. That only
> scrapes the surface of what it offers.
>
> Cost: Free
>
> Link: www.libreoffice.org
>
> System: Windows XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X
-- 
Russ
openSUSE 11.4(2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop)|KDE Platform Version 
4.7.1 (4.7.1) "release 8"|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB 
DDR3|GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-280.13)

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