I have noticed that most of the business managers e.g. CEOs, CFOs, COOs, Mktg, Logistics heads (atleast in India, and some of the foreign clients, I've dealt with) are not aware of OpenOffice.Org (or for that matter, any of the open source software), because the business magazines and news papers, they read, do not discuss the open source software.
It is finally the business people who decide the adoption (and methods of managing the acceptance). It will be a good idea to arm them with information and statistics about OO.o OpenOffice is in a strong position to change the open source acceptance scenario, since it is : (a) A prime need for any office (home etc.) environment, where the alternatives are expensive. (b) It can run on allmost 100% of the desktops, Windows inclusive. OO.o can be flag bearer for open source in Windows 'world'. (c) User training requirement is minimal (far less than any other OSS application). (d) Suits most of the requirements for most of the people. I'd suggest that, thru OpenOffice local contacts in various countries, OpenOffice should be able to do a business benefit campaign by publishing articles in the technology / IT section of these magazines / news papers. Most of the newspapers and magazines will do this free of cost (if not goaded by Microsoft to not to do so, in that case, please publish the names of people contacted and the news papers / magazines details on your web site, so that other methods may be used or influential people may be brought in to manage publication of the articles). The articles should also provide a little insight to students about how they can use and involve in improving OO.o. Additionally, the students should be made aware that participating in OO.o development adds value to their resume. I'd further suggest that, if possible, some of the top business magazines may be made to accompany CDs in one of the issues, which carries Windows based open source software (along with other Open source software). The CD may be subsidised with co-branding OO.o (the magazine (group) itself, IT companies, white goods, retail, consumer electronics, CD manufacturers) and advertisements. May be each of the application can be separately co-branded. Interestingly, in India, I have seen, small regional news papers (in regional langusges) carrying an IT (or technology) section / supplement. And some of them even have Linux mentioned. Lets try and welcome more people into the OO.o realm. Regards Atul ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Spreading the message of OpenOffice.Org : signatures in email Date: Tuesday 27 February 2007 18:45 From: Atul Asthana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] I suggest that OO.o users be requested to add a signature, something like I have with this mail, to their emails. I feel, standardised signatures will be a much better better. Also, it may not be a bad idea to request OEMs (Dell, Lenovo, Acer, HP etc.), who sell windows loaded PCs, to load oo.o. Is this possible? Do they have a legal binding not to load non-MS software? Any other issues? Regards Atul -- I use and recommend using OpenOffice.Org for writing letters / documents, spreadsheet calculations and presentations. OpenOffice.Org is an easy to use, virus free, ISO standard, free of cost, Microsoft Office compatible office suite for MS Windows (and other operating systems). See the screenshots at http://www.openoffice.org/screenshots/ooo20/index.html You can download a copy at http://www.openoffice.org and use it on as many computers as you want. Learn more about why you should use OpenOffice.Org at http://why.openoffice.org. ----------------------- Please help the world---------------- Your participation can help lead to a cure for diseases like Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson's Disease etc. Read more at http://folding.stanford.edu/ ------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------Please help your country----------------- Are you sick of your PC crashing, viruses and spyware? I use Linux, instead of MS Windows. Linux is a free operating system, which does not crash and is not affected by viruses, trojans, spywares etc. Linux comes with free software applications for your office and home, including MS office compatible office suite. Survey by Dell : users want Linux pre-installed instead of Windows : http://www.dellideastorm.com/article/show/61771 For details and assistance, ask your IT department or read MS Windows to Linux migration guide at http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/Switching_to_Linux ----------------------- Please help the world---------------- Your participation can help lead to a cure for diseases like Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson's Disease etc. Read more at http://folding.stanford.edu/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
