Re: [odf-adoption] Article for new OpenOffice Magazine

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

I'm willing to help as well.  

Carol, do you have info on deadlines,
etc.?  

-Rob


peter.vandenabeele.be@gmail.com wrote on 10/15/2007
04:51:20 PM:

> On 10/15/07, Carol Geyer <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org> wrote:
> > The editor of a new hardcopy publication, OpenOffice Magazine,
has
> requested a
> > 2,000-word article on OpenDocument from the ODF Adoption 
> Committee. The article
> > should be aimed at every day users and cover what ODF means to
them and what
> > benefits they get from using an open document format as opposed
to other
> > formats.
> >
> > Is the Committee interested in providing this?
> 
> I think we should do this, but maybe ask if we can retain the right
to also
> publish it online (e.g. with a 30 days delay after the publication
of the
> hardcopy magazine), so we can re-use it for general promotion of the
ODF
> advantage.
> 
> I would be willing to co-author (particularly if it can be freely
reused, e.g.
> after a 30 day lock-up).
> 
> Peter