[plug] OpenOffice.org

[Jacqueline McNally]

I am participating in the OpenOffice.org community as a contributor in the 
documentation and marketing projects. As some of you are aware, the release 
of OpenOffice.org 1.0 is imminent and the OpenOffice.org community is in a 
flurry of activity.

What do PLUGgers think of the idea of using the OpenOffice.org Release 1.0 
to promote PLUG and raise some funds for Linux.conf.au ? There are some 
people that prefer to purchase a CD rather than download from the Internet, 
particularly those that are unaccustomed to installing software.

The OpenOffice.org Marketing Project has generated flyers, CD labels, 
postcards etc so I expect that it would able to be packaged up so we can 
make the effort worthwhile. There are binaries for Linux (Intel and PPC), 
Solaris and Windows. I would quite understand if PLUG only wished to 
provide/sell Linux versions, but perhaps some of you that are IT 
consultants may wish to use the non-Linux versions in your business.

Why I find OpenOffice.org particularly interesting is that it is 
cross-platform and this provides the opportunity to talk to people and 
organisations that would not otherwise be aware of Open Source software and 
the enveloping community.

I know of one Linux consultancy in the east who is looking to mirror some 
of the distributions and sell the CDs (various binaries and localisations). 
I think they were going to charge $22. There have been various discussions 
as to what goes on a CD, and I think most people are focussing on the one 
binary plus source etc. Knowing that most people that I have been talking 
to would not know what to do with the source, I was wondering whether you 
can fit on several binaries on the one CD ?

Also, we have very few mirrors for OpenOffice.org in the Southern 
Hemisphere, so if you can assist with this, please let me know.

Does anyone want to help ? :)

All the best
Jacqueline
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/users/zenryaku/

Community Contact, Australia/New Zealand
OpenOffice.org Marketing Project
(www.openoffice.org)

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