Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO roadmap?

Le 2010-10-16 22:35, Jon Hamkins a écrit :
> On 10/16/2010 12:33 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
> > Le 2010-10-16 15:29, j.martin.pedersen a écrit :
> >
> > > I will subscribe and attempt to find time to contribute.
> > >
> > > -martin
> >
> > Thanks, you are exactly the academic type of person I would be
> > interested in having opinions in the marketing section. We need to hear
> > more about academic use of LibO, advantages and drawbacks.
>
> Note that Martin was referring to humanities and social science
> academics. My experience in engineering and science is slightly
> different. There is significant usage of LaTeX at many engineering
> universities (I hadn't heard of anyone at my university attempting a
> technical thesis using something else), and LaTeX uses BibTeX to
> organize references. There are various open source bibliography
> reference managers for BibTeX -- I've heard good things about Jab Ref. I
> believe EndNote can export to BibTeX format, but I don't know about the
> other direction. Most people I knew simply managed a BibTeX database
> directly.
>
> I think LibO could gain significant traction with the university crowd
> if there were any kind of robust interaction with either LaTeX or
> BibTeX. I know there is the OOoLaTeX extension, but its capabilities are
> quite limited compared to using LaTeX directly. The advantage of LibO is
> that it is much easier to learn and produce something without a lot of
> training.
>
> ----Jon

Thanks Jon. Would you be interested in continuing this conversation on 
the marketing list? I have started a discussion thread "LibO in 
Academia" where we can discuss the missing tools for the LibO suite and 
how to market the suite to the Academia group as a viable and solid suite.

Marc


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