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Posted to marketing@openoffice.apache.org by Kadal Amutham <vk...@gmail.com> on 2013/04/12 15:03:28 UTC
Re: 40 million download mark for Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
Just now I read a report where PC sales has come down by 13% in the first
quarter of 2013. In spite of that, our down load is 40M. Impressive
performance.
With Warm Regards
V.Kadal Amutham
919444360480
914422396480
On 6 March 2013 00:14, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:28 PM, James Grenier
> <GR...@middlesex.mass.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I didn't see a formal press release. Is there one? I'll send it along to
> a few friends in radio.
> >
>
> Hi James, we just did the blog post for this, no press release.
>
> However, I recently was reminded about how much more consumable a
> press release is for a working journalist, compared to my typical
> informal (rambling) blog posts, so I'll try to produce both next time.
>
> Btw, another article, in Spanish:
>
>
> http://www.genbeta.com/ofimatica/apache-openoffice-alcanza-los-40-millones-de-descargas
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rob
>
> > J. M. Grenier, M.Ed.
> > Faculty, Business and Humanities
> > grenierj@middlesex.mass.edu
> > Cell: (339)222-1442
> >
> > All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree - Albert
> Einstein
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Kadal Amutham [vkadal@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 8:45 AM
> > To: marketing
> > Cc: dev@openoffice.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: 40 million download mark for Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
> >
> > The number of OpenOffice installation will be much more than than this.
> In
> > an office environment single down load may installed in many machine,
> will
> > make the number of installations, hard to estimate
> >
> > With Warm Regards
> >
> > V.Kadal Amutham
> > 919444360480
> > 914422396480
> >
> >
> > On 5 March 2013 19:06, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
> >> > Yesterday we reached the 40 million download mark for Apache
> >> > OpenOffice 3.4. Congratulations to all the volunteers who made this
> >> > possible!
> >> >
> >> > More information can be found in this blog post on this topic:
> >> >
> http://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_40_million_downloads
> >> >
> >> > As always, any help you can provide to share the story to your social
> >> > networks would be appreciated.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Coverage in Heise Online:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-OpenOffice-reaches-40-million-download-milestone-1816342.html
> >>
> >> -Rob
> >>
> >>
> >> > Thanks & Regards,
> >> >
> >> > -Rob
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscribe@openoffice.apache.org
> >> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-help@openoffice.apache.org
> >>
> >>
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >
>
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Re: 40 million download mark for Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
Posted by Alphonso Whitfield III <aw...@vital-inet.com>.
We Vital will begin promoting downloads of Open Office 3 and 4 on our portal on a daily basis, next month because of its compatibility with our products and services which are all open source based.
As to your comments in this thread, I believe this decline has more to do with corporate and government buying and budget policy than industry shift. Tablet and smart devices are creating an expanded market with some cannibalization. End users will and do have a portfolio of devices at their disposal, particularly in the US and other western nations where adoption is relatively mature.
It is my guess that in BRICS and other new markets the reverse adoption process will occur; the end user adoption is driven by personal use and the purchase of smart devices and tablets due to price/ mobility /Internet infrastructure then as these markets mature and the service sector/small business/worker class expands, desktops and networks will grow rapidly. Thus if my guess is right we need a two prong strategy to push downloads accordingly. A tablet , smart device compatible OO-4 plus a continued desktop adoption presence.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Weir" <ro...@apache.org>
To: marketing@openoffice.apache.org
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 9:22:47 AM
Subject: Re: 40 million download mark for Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Kadal Amutham <vk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just now I read a report where PC sales has come down by 13% in the first
> quarter of 2013. In spite of that, our down load is 40M. Impressive
> performance.
>
>
I saw a similar report in the Wall Street Journal. This follows on a 10%
decline of PC sales the quarter before.
What does that mean for us?
First, there is a lot of synergy between PC, OS and Desktop Applications.
This is true in previous upgrade cycles at least. So a new version of MS
Windows propels PC sales, and sales of Microsoft Office. Companies upgrade
their PCs every 3-7 years, and consumer/home sales pickup the latest new PC
that already has the latest Windows and Office.
So if these sales are declining, what does that mean? The articles
interpret it as movement toward tablets and smartphones. That is certainly
one part of it.
But what happens to the old PC's? Is anyone sending their PC to the dump
and moving 100% over to the tablets? Maybe some are. But I think for most
people the desktop still exists, but they see no reason to upgrade at this
point. I don't think AOO is dependent on the PC upgrade cycle. We're more
dependent on the total number of PCs in use. So if that total number is
constant or increasing, then our user base will continue to grow.
Maybe we should ask questions related to this in our user survey. For
example:
1) For the machine on which you run OpenOffice, did you receive it as a new
PC or a used one?
2) Was OpenOffice already installed on the machine when you received it, or
did you install it later?
Regards,
-Rob
> With Warm Regards
>
> V.Kadal Amutham
> 919444360480
> 914422396480
>
>
> On 6 March 2013 00:14, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:28 PM, James Grenier
> > <GR...@middlesex.mass.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > I didn't see a formal press release. Is there one? I'll send it along
> to
> > a few friends in radio.
> > >
> >
> > Hi James, we just did the blog post for this, no press release.
> >
> > However, I recently was reminded about how much more consumable a
> > press release is for a working journalist, compared to my typical
> > informal (rambling) blog posts, so I'll try to produce both next time.
> >
> > Btw, another article, in Spanish:
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.genbeta.com/ofimatica/apache-openoffice-alcanza-los-40-millones-de-descargas
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > > J. M. Grenier, M.Ed.
> > > Faculty, Business and Humanities
> > > grenierj@middlesex.mass.edu
> > > Cell: (339)222-1442
> > >
> > > All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree -
> Albert
> > Einstein
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: Kadal Amutham [vkadal@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 8:45 AM
> > > To: marketing
> > > Cc: dev@openoffice.apache.org
> > > Subject: Re: 40 million download mark for Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
> > >
> > > The number of OpenOffice installation will be much more than than this.
> > In
> > > an office environment single down load may installed in many machine,
> > will
> > > make the number of installations, hard to estimate
> > >
> > > With Warm Regards
> > >
> > > V.Kadal Amutham
> > > 919444360480
> > > 914422396480
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5 March 2013 19:06, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
> > >> > Yesterday we reached the 40 million download mark for Apache
> > >> > OpenOffice 3.4. Congratulations to all the volunteers who made this
> > >> > possible!
> > >> >
> > >> > More information can be found in this blog post on this topic:
> > >> >
> > http://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_40_million_downloads
> > >> >
> > >> > As always, any help you can provide to share the story to your
> social
> > >> > networks would be appreciated.
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> Coverage in Heise Online:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-OpenOffice-reaches-40-million-download-milestone-1816342.html
> > >>
> > >> -Rob
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > Thanks & Regards,
> > >> >
> > >> > -Rob
> > >>
> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscribe@openoffice.apache.org
> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-help@openoffice.apache.org
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscribe@openoffice.apache.org
> > > For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-help@openoffice.apache.org
> > >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscribe@openoffice.apache.org
> > For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-help@openoffice.apache.org
> >
> >
>
Re: 40 million download mark for Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Kadal Amutham <vk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just now I read a report where PC sales has come down by 13% in the first
> quarter of 2013. In spite of that, our down load is 40M. Impressive
> performance.
>
>
I saw a similar report in the Wall Street Journal. This follows on a 10%
decline of PC sales the quarter before.
What does that mean for us?
First, there is a lot of synergy between PC, OS and Desktop Applications.
This is true in previous upgrade cycles at least. So a new version of MS
Windows propels PC sales, and sales of Microsoft Office. Companies upgrade
their PCs every 3-7 years, and consumer/home sales pickup the latest new PC
that already has the latest Windows and Office.
So if these sales are declining, what does that mean? The articles
interpret it as movement toward tablets and smartphones. That is certainly
one part of it.
But what happens to the old PC's? Is anyone sending their PC to the dump
and moving 100% over to the tablets? Maybe some are. But I think for most
people the desktop still exists, but they see no reason to upgrade at this
point. I don't think AOO is dependent on the PC upgrade cycle. We're more
dependent on the total number of PCs in use. So if that total number is
constant or increasing, then our user base will continue to grow.
Maybe we should ask questions related to this in our user survey. For
example:
1) For the machine on which you run OpenOffice, did you receive it as a new
PC or a used one?
2) Was OpenOffice already installed on the machine when you received it, or
did you install it later?
Regards,
-Rob
> With Warm Regards
>
> V.Kadal Amutham
> 919444360480
> 914422396480
>
>
> On 6 March 2013 00:14, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:28 PM, James Grenier
> > <GR...@middlesex.mass.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > I didn't see a formal press release. Is there one? I'll send it along
> to
> > a few friends in radio.
> > >
> >
> > Hi James, we just did the blog post for this, no press release.
> >
> > However, I recently was reminded about how much more consumable a
> > press release is for a working journalist, compared to my typical
> > informal (rambling) blog posts, so I'll try to produce both next time.
> >
> > Btw, another article, in Spanish:
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.genbeta.com/ofimatica/apache-openoffice-alcanza-los-40-millones-de-descargas
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > > J. M. Grenier, M.Ed.
> > > Faculty, Business and Humanities
> > > grenierj@middlesex.mass.edu
> > > Cell: (339)222-1442
> > >
> > > All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree -
> Albert
> > Einstein
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: Kadal Amutham [vkadal@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 8:45 AM
> > > To: marketing
> > > Cc: dev@openoffice.apache.org
> > > Subject: Re: 40 million download mark for Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
> > >
> > > The number of OpenOffice installation will be much more than than this.
> > In
> > > an office environment single down load may installed in many machine,
> > will
> > > make the number of installations, hard to estimate
> > >
> > > With Warm Regards
> > >
> > > V.Kadal Amutham
> > > 919444360480
> > > 914422396480
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5 March 2013 19:06, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
> > >> > Yesterday we reached the 40 million download mark for Apache
> > >> > OpenOffice 3.4. Congratulations to all the volunteers who made this
> > >> > possible!
> > >> >
> > >> > More information can be found in this blog post on this topic:
> > >> >
> > http://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_40_million_downloads
> > >> >
> > >> > As always, any help you can provide to share the story to your
> social
> > >> > networks would be appreciated.
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> Coverage in Heise Online:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-OpenOffice-reaches-40-million-download-milestone-1816342.html
> > >>
> > >> -Rob
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > Thanks & Regards,
> > >> >
> > >> > -Rob
> > >>
> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscribe@openoffice.apache.org
> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-help@openoffice.apache.org
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscribe@openoffice.apache.org
> > > For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-help@openoffice.apache.org
> > >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscribe@openoffice.apache.org
> > For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-help@openoffice.apache.org
> >
> >
>