Posted by: Daniel Carrera
on January 12, 2005 06:25 AM
OpenOffice.org is one of the most important open source and free software projects out there. It is truly at the forefront of the expansion of OOo. This is where the battle for open standards is being fought.
Furthermore, OOo is a friendly and welcomming community. You'll be happy there.
Please take a look at our contributing page:
http://www.openoffice.org/contributing.html
I am involved in the OOoAuthors project, which is where most English documentation gets written. We are a very active and positive group at OOoAuthors.
We're currently working on the user guide for OOo 2.0, and we need your help.
The importance of this is hard to overstate. I'll try to explain:
* The biggest thing holding open source back is vendor lock-in. Prime example, the<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.doc format.
* Hence, OOo and KOffice got together, along with OASIS (standards group) to create a new format (called OpenDocument) with the intention of replacing<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.doc as the standard format. Corel jumped in, and they helped make it better.
* OOo 2.0 and KOffice 1.4 will both use OpenDocument as their "native" format.
* The EU loved the idea, and they are thinking of making it the standard format for the European government, and anyone who does transactions with then.
* The EU "asked" Microsoft to either make freely available filters between MSXML and OpenDocument, or let someone else make them.
* IBM claims that they'll support the format in Lotus Workplace.
Is this cool or what?
OpenDocument is a format that has a real chance of overthrowing the<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.doc monopoly. And we need you to help make that possible.
OpenOffice.org 2.0 will be the very program to support the format. By contributing to the OOo 2.0 user guide you will be contributing to the spread of the OpenDocument format, and helping break the vendor lock-in produce by the<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.doc format.
If you want to help out, please give me a shout. Take a look at our getting started page:
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Posted by: Daniel Carrera on January 12, 2005 06:25 AMFurthermore, OOo is a friendly and welcomming community. You'll be happy there.
Please take a look at our contributing page:
http://www.openoffice.org/contributing.html
I am involved in the OOoAuthors project, which is where most English documentation gets written. We are a very active and positive group at OOoAuthors.
http://www.oooauthors.org/contribute
authors-subscribe@user-faq.openoffice.org
authors@user-faq.openoffice.org
We're currently working on the user guide for OOo 2.0, and we need your help.
The importance of this is hard to overstate. I'll try to explain:
* The biggest thing holding open source back is vendor lock-in. Prime example, the<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.doc format.
* Hence, OOo and KOffice got together, along with OASIS (standards group) to create a new format (called OpenDocument) with the intention of replacing<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.doc as the standard format. Corel jumped in, and they helped make it better.
* OOo 2.0 and KOffice 1.4 will both use OpenDocument as their "native" format.
* The EU loved the idea, and they are thinking of making it the standard format for the European government, and anyone who does transactions with then.
* The EU "asked" Microsoft to either make freely available filters between MSXML and OpenDocument, or let someone else make them.
* IBM claims that they'll support the format in Lotus Workplace.
Is this cool or what?
OpenDocument is a format that has a real chance of overthrowing the<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.doc monopoly. And we need you to help make that possible.
OpenOffice.org 2.0 will be the very program to support the format. By contributing to the OOo 2.0 user guide you will be contributing to the spread of the OpenDocument format, and helping break the vendor lock-in produce by the<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.doc format.
If you want to help out, please give me a shout. Take a look at our getting started page:
<A HREF="http://www.oooauthors.org/groups/authors/userguide2/gettingstarted" title="oooauthors.org">http://www.oooauthors.org/groups/authors/userguid<nobr>e<wbr></nobr> 2/gettingstarted</a oooauthors.org>
Or write to me directly:
dcarrera{at}openoffice{dot}org
I hope to hear from you soon.
Cheers,
Daniel Carrera.
OpenOffice.org volunteer.
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