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Subject: Re: [odf-adoption] Promote ODF in Email Signatures


Carol,

I really like the idea! I could put one or two paragraphs plus a list of
applications supporting ODF on the ODF Adoption TC homepage if that is
o.k. with OASIS.


Best regards,
Erwin




Carol Geyer wrote:
> I just received a message from a person who included this statement in her email
> signature:
> 
> ________________________________________________________________________________
> _
> Please avoid sending me any data attachments that are in a proprietary format.
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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