[board-discuss] Proposed rebranding in global perspective

2020-07-12 Thread Tuomas Hietala
em companies. The market for professional support outside of the major languages is unlikely to bootstrap itself without help from volunteers, governments or NGOs. In any case, I'd be interested in hearing about the situation in other parts of the world and would recommend TDF to consider

Re: [board-discuss] Proposed rebranding in global perspective

2020-07-13 Thread Tuomas Hietala
Hi Michael, Michael Meeks kirjoitti 13.7.2020 23:09: Hi Tuomas, Thanks for engaging. My pleasure. Ah - so, I'm always interested by this EU case study: https://ec.europa.eu/idabc/servlets/Doc4ec2.pdf?id=27850 From the Finnish Ministry of Justice. Section 3.4 "Support serv

Re: [board-discuss] New Version of Strategic Marcom Plan

2020-07-15 Thread Tuomas Hietala
Hello Italo, Thanks for explaining the reasoning behind the choice of words (p. 49-50). Perhaps I come from another filter bubble, so let me explain my perspective. To me, Personal Edition suggests a no-cost version of a proprietary application, with limits to commercial use. For example: [1]

Re: [board-discuss] 'Free Beer' Office?

2020-07-26 Thread Tuomas Hietala
Not to mention the decade-old (but, to this day, not superceded) example of the Next Decade Manifesto: [1] "Our Values WE COMMIT OURSELVES: To eliminate the digital divide in society by giving everyone access to office productivity tools free of charge to enable them to participate as full cit

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-13 Thread Tuomas Hietala
test version of ODF. While MSO compatiblity is important for many people (including myself), in many cases, such as in education, it might not be needed at all, whereas accessibility would be very welcome. Not to mention supporting the local language properly. Best regards, Tuomas Hietal