Erwin Tenhumberg wrote:
Unfortunately the press often likes to turn everyting into an
official statement.
They do. I certainly try to be careful when I talk to the press.
* Important events receive a response within no more than 2 days.
* Each week must have at least one press article on OOo.
* Any 6-month period must average at least 4 articles on OOo.
These are all good ideas, provided that we find enough things to write
about. What things would you write about over the next weeks?
Depends on the publication. They don't all have to be press releases.
But here are some ideas:
* Articles on using OOo. We have 5 main applications, lots of advanced
features, many of which set us appart from the competiton. Surely we can
write articles about this.
* Success stories, migrations, case studies, etc. This week I'll be
installing 15 Linux thin clients running OOo. Someone can interview me
about it. Graham works with schools in New Zealand. Someone could
interview him. Do a "parthership" with the INGOTs and run a few
interviews of Ian to make an article with.
* Articles on the OpenDocument Format (ODF). Anything that supports ODF
is by necessity good for OOo. Here are sme ideas:
- Reports on the state of ISO approval.
- Reports on the state of aduption by the European Comission.
- Guides for format internals.
- Articles on why ODF matters (see my article on Groklaw).
- When a goverment like Massachusets talks about "open formats", we get
get a lot of press and discussions. When MA first drew the list of
allowed open formats, ODF was nowhere in the map. Today it is,
because Gary, I and PJ had a discussion with Eric Kriss.
* Of course, we can announce conferences. That's always important.
* Host IRC talks. Like the one from Robin Miller at Newsforge.
Now, consider that we are a world-wide project. An article writen in
French can be repurposed for a German publication a month later. There's
a lot of opportunity to reuse material.
Now, consider that I am just one person who is not even terribly
interested in marketing. Surely, a larger team could keep the press going.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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