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Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:12:38 +1300
From: Graham Lauder <g.a.lauder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Native support of the SVG graphic format in Apache OpenOffice.org
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On Tuesday 06 Dec 2011 14:09:53 Terry wrote:
> I was able to re-tweet, nothing more.  The reddit link got a page
> displaying the message "there doesn't seem to be anything here."
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> This piecemeal approach I think is ineffective.  What would be much better
> is a 'news' page where such items as Eric Bachard's blog can be mentioned
> and linked, similar to the technique which has been used by
> tuxmachines.org for years.  I follow that site because it gathers material
> from many sources relating to subjects which interest me.
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> Ideally, one would be able to get a news feed from such a page.  I note
> that the AOO blog is virtually dormant.  It could be an entry on a news
> page with some worthwhile material; on its own, it is not worth following.
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> Regards, Terry

Piecemeal is indeed ineffective outside of "the choir".  In order to reach =
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wider audience any announcement has to have some wow factor.  Proprietary=20
folks get over the "feature leak" with the vapourware concept. =20

So use the SVG support as a lever to get a broader message out.

Let's talk about AOO 4.0 and the features and improvements that we will be=
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launching with that. =20
We need to ask/answer a few questions: what are devs working on right now,
(other than IP clearance)?  What itches are being scratched? What are the=20
communities desires in terms of a feature set?  In the perfect universe, wh=
at=20
will be the sum of all the new features that will launch with AOO 4.0.0.?  =
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Offer up an approx target date, say Q3 2012.=20

Put that together as a release so that we build anticipation and then menti=
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in passing that there will be a 3.4 release which will indeed have the SVG=
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support. Add: "Please use and send feedback." with links to the user forums.

Name names: "Armin Legrand's SVG hack" show a community that recognises it'=
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people's efforts.=20

Some will say "They'll never do it", "It's just vapour." Others will be=20
cheering our ambitions. Either way there will be anticipation and a=20
conversation..

Cheers
GL


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> ----- Original Message -----
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> > From: Rob Weir <robweir@apache.org>
> > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > Cc: ooo-marketing@incubator.apache.org
> > Sent: Monday, 5 December 2011 11:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: Native support of the SVG graphic format in Apache
> > OpenOffice.org
> >
> >T hanks for the blog post, Eric.
> >
> > If anyone wants to help spread the good news, here are some links to
> > share and/or promote:
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> > Blog post:=20
> > http://eric.bachard.org/news/index.php?post/2011/12/03/In-progress-%3A-=
na
> > tive-support-of-the-SVG-graphic-format-in-Apache-OpenOffice.org
> >=20
> > Google+:
> > https://plus.google.com/u/0/110021943609888508798/posts/SXE4jRYeB38
> >=20
> > Twitter:  http://twitter.com/rcweir/statuses/143674439442243584
> >=20
> > Reddit:
> > http://www.reddit.com/r/openoffice/comments/n11yh/in_progress_native_su=
pp
> > ort_of_the_svg_graphic/
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> > -Rob
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> > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:14 PM, eric b <eric.bachard@free.fr> wrote:
> >>  Hi,
> >> =20
> >>  After I tested awesome Armin's work on Mac OS X (build broken on
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> > Windows due
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> >>  to gnumake issue) , I blogged about this nice feature to come  :-)
> >> =20
> >>  Links :
> >>  Current blog entry : http://eric.bachard.org/news
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> >>  Full link :
> > http://eric.bachard.org/news/index.php?post/2011/12/03/In-progress-%3A-=
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> > tive-support-of-the-SVG-graphic-format-in-Apache-OpenOffice.org
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> >>  Thanks in advance to spread the word !
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >>  Eric Bachard
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >>  P.S. : I got Mac Intel versions for testing purpose. Contact me in
> >>  private if you are interested. Windows build should follow, but
> >>  somebody seriously broken the build (probably yet another gnumake4
> >>  mess)
> >> =20
> >>  --
> >>  q=C9=94=E1=B4=89=C9=B9=C9=99
> >>  Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
> >>  L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
> >>  Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news