-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/30/2010 7:54 PM, Michel Gagnon wrote: <snip> > > Which makes me wondering something. I know there is lots of Redmond > money involved in it, but would it be possible to convince the major > manufacturers to install the latest version of LibreOffice alongside the > other software and crapware they include in their new computers? They > typically "give" a working version of Microsoft Works (no time limit, > but a limited software), as well as a trial version of Microsoft office > (a very good software that won't work after 60 days). I am sure that an > installation of LibreOffice (a very good software that will work all the > time) alongside that would help a lot to penetrate the market.
Hi Michael, I'm not sure this would be possible right now. Microsoft doesn't only make it easy and "rational" for the OEM's to put MSO on their systems but they actively campaign against having competing software on the system. I've even heard that Microsoft often has it as part of their agreement with OEM's that they will not have pre-install competing software. I don't know how prevalent it is but I was told this by someone in the executive suite of at least one major OEM whom I trust. What I *could* see happening, and where I think OOo missed the boat, is boxed sales. I still believe their is room for us on store shelves. For example, I was at Walmart the other night and checked the software isle out. There was Microsoft Office and that was it. I know there is one other that Walmart carries that I can't remember the name of but it doesn't hardly sell at all because of compatibility issues I've been told. I think LibO should work to get on store shelves. Keep the open source ideal but use the money from boxed sales to fund the foundation and future development. Definitely a HARD path to travel but one I think is totally doable if we work hard enough and do a few other things. Microsoft is going to be hard to fight and win, but we can do it if we're creative, aggressive, and go for their throats. We'll take some hits but they will take more, eventually. Anthony United States - -- Anthony Papillion Advanced Data Concepts Remote Technical Support and Software Development Office: (918) 919-4624 Mobile: (918) 320-9968 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iQIVAwUBTMzFN4eUq9QAeLbkAQJ7SxAAnaEVSJvdWPELvQlCJDO2Lc/70gbs08+z 9j+t7pmNqlQd4BOaa8Ozol71+G2yGxkM1hjzEAcXaZknILnw/mCrHIOvR4CHQqNM ySWFemoRcaQ6+vA1GhFjaG1aMcLERYVYORJxqeOVTZIuKDfjTmBRoY77/gqTdWzi p1RbLjBcplufIMk0jcE+dVQZPHUp0DTlbkpjEXGcYOGr0bMJSaZW7NHUP8SRUcVc /XZ8Ug2gYeIpoPkfZxvLsTxD2t5SwPxmdgVRM/hPEQSS0rs23FtA4YmEyd5EWXBT 0xGkVJIOXr2hoCFjN1GXrJ6HKsG8DTNlpomlc7DmvzwboiiUAKdr13jshLlgP4ME /jRK7WGbwiBdE7hHErYPnyFqPa/J4fDJlJDGM/zp4wq7WRmjX/vnyzTABeyQMbaZ jzrB4xNoqk56fH3FbDt+aRi42rJQcNwgVXpMxKoyUW+A7wtjtKZ985CYF0TSxPDO QS7MdBsXwckP6qKwozUu/ur+IB2zE8qM6qHOj5+YAZspTZSEXDNsdCvEqNPBMjfy 1c9tDfnWP1mrsQxFcFZYRrnIY1n7K9yHxD1aHfdHQMcGnVWY7iZrrhWCLALAYZU8 DUDuWfPjcJ5ug+3aaL91f05kAF9ARadTO88tbLlRWRBz/a5KsjgGrFAbhXPHwaju Pc9rbcUftEk= =gj0V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
