I am +1 for also looking at the why_new_computers page as Jan suggests. Telling people that AOO is free is not the issue.
Where it is an advantage is a matter for users to decide. We should let them judge for themselves. Our blanket claims are not helpful and come off like commercial puffery. I do maintain that it is an opportunity to be able to install AOO for free and determine whether their needs are satisfied by using AOO for all or much of their document needs or not. I would suggest that flexibility and leave financial, cost of operation/adoption, and interoperability determinations to users themselves. They will presumably know what is most important to them. Since Office 2007 is also no longer of interest to those who do not have it already, I agree that there is not much point in making any observations about Office 2007 either. - Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] > Sent: Saturday, January 9, 2016 14:05 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Updating the WHY section of www.openoffice.org > > Jan Høydahl wrote: > > Yes, remove the Office 2003 EOL page > > That page was written to have a SEO-friendly resource for people who > were looking for options to upgrade from Office 2003 back at the time. > It can probably be retired since it served its purpose. > > > But also consider rephrasing these two: > > > > * http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_new_computers.html > > You are not required to spend $100, $200 or more for a copy of > Microsoft Office > > This one can stay. What's wrong with it? We shouldn't be ashamed of > telling people that OpenOffice is free and that this is an advantage. > > > * http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_easy.html: > > Studies have proved it is easier (and cheaper) to move to > OpenOffice from Microsoft Office than it is to upgrade to Microsoft's > Office 2007. > > Yes, this should refer to the past. "Studies that compared upgrade > options for Microsoft Office 2003 proved that it was easier (and > cheaper) to move to OpenOffice from Microsoft Office than it is to > upgrade to Microsoft's Office 2007." > > Regards, > Andrea. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
