Re: Guadec and Dutch government plans for OSS and desktop

[Sanne te Meerman <sanne opensourceadvies nl>]

Stormy Peters schreef:
> Hi Sanne,
>
> I think that's a great idea.
>
> If at all possible, we should reply back with comment within the 
> comment period.
Ok, bear in mind though that it's the 1st of march, not the end of 
March. Sorry, my mistake.
> Then I think there are many technical publications/magazines that we 
> could work with to publish a public response.
>
> Marketing Team, who should work on the response?
I can translate interesting parts tomorrow, and give my thoughts on what 
I personally would think is important in a response. But especially 
about the technical merits of i.e. Kerberos, LDAP that they're planning 
to use, I don't have anything wise to say (or anything to say at all). 
I'm also not very experienced with these type of press releases so 
anyone with experience would be very welcome to help out.

best, Sanne
> Stormy
>
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Sanne te Meerman 
> <sanne opensourceadvies nl <mailto:sanne opensourceadvies nl>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I've made a post before where I addressed the Dutch' government
>     plans for OSS in their desktop. As Guadec will be in holland this
>     year, the organisation is aiming to have one or a view sessions
>     about OSS in public intstitutions. The government just released a
>     consultation asking for feedback about their plans.
>
>     The document and interaction with government could provide several
>     opportunities:
>     -It could give vital information about preconditions to target
>     government markets.
>     -Gnome could give an official reaction to them (before the end of
>     march) or later in a technical magazine or webzine to praise the
>     merits of the plans and criticize weaknesses, and showing
>     themselves as a serious contender.
>     -Could provide an opportunity for exposure as a lot of magazines
>     might be interested in Gnome's thoughts about this.
>     -resulting in Buzz, exposure, increased opportunities for Guadec
>     fundraising, etc. etc.
>
>     You decide, here it is. It's in dutch. If you think this could be
>     interesting, let me know, so we might have someone translate it.
>     http://wiki.noiv.nl/xwiki/bin/download/OpenDWR/WebHome/RealisatielijnOpenDWRv0.93februari.pdf
>
>     regards,
>     Sanne
>
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