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Subject: Re: [odf-adoption] Promote ODF in Email Signatures
Hello Carol, Yours is nice. I was thinking about taking some words from Simon Phipps that strucked a lot of people: "Fight against corporate Alzheimer. Use OpenDocument Format or go to http://opendocument.xml.org for more information." Best, Charles. Carol Geyer a écrit : > Now that we have OpenDocument XML.org, should we revisit this idea of > promoting OpenDocument in email signatures? Perhaps something along the lines > of: > > __________________________________________ > > Please avoid sending me any data attachments that are in proprietary formats. > See http://opendocument.xml.org for information on the OpenDocument OASIS > Standard (ISO 23600). > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martha J Mealy [mailto:mealym@us.ibm.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 8:42 PM > To: odf-adoption@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: Re: [odf-adoption] Promote ODF in Email Signatures > > > In the meantime, a solution might be to point to the Wikipedia OpenDocument > format. Something like this: > Please avoid sending me any data attachments that are in a proprietary format. > See Wikipedia's OpenDocument entry for more information and a list of > applications using the OpenDocument standard (ISO 23600) > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Martha J. Mealy > Strategic Marketing for Lotus Software - Industrial Sector > IBM Software Group > mealym@us.ibm.com > office phone: (503) 342-5519 > mobile phone: (503) 720-7963 > office: Portland, Oregon > > Carol wrote: > > I just received a message from a person who included this statement in her > email > signature: > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > _ > _ > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > I would *love* to use something similar, if we could provide a link to a page > that was pro-OpenDocument and not an obvious slam at Word or commercial > software. It could just be a few educational paragraphs. We might include some > links to all the options for ODF-compliant software, to make it clear that ODF > is *not* synonymous with OpenOffice. If we use product links, we'd have to > include a disclaimer, "OASIS does not endorse or certify compliance of any of > the above products...links are provided for informational purposes > only...readers are encouraged to evaluate all products independently..." > > Would it be worth the Committee's time to craft a few paragraphs along these > lines? We could publish them on XML.org on behalf of the TC, and encourage > everyone to incorporate them into their email signatures. > > > Carol > > > > ______________________________ > Carol Geyer > Director of Communications > OASIS > Voice: +1.978.667.5115 x209 > > OASIS Symposium: The Meaning of Interoperability, 9-12 May, San Francisco > http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2006/ > > > > > > > > -- Charles-H.Schulz, Associé / Associate, Ars Aperta.
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