From: Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 09 2002 - 03:11:02 EDT
--- Paul Rohr <paul@abisource.com> wrote: > At 01:53
AM 5/9/02 -0400, Patrick Lam wrote:
> >So I like this version of the press release. Can
> we upload it somewhere,
> >like at least to the AbiSource site?
>
> Pat,
>
> It looks like you've found an interim revision I
> wrote. However, you should
> probably sync with Martin's final/official version
> instead:
>
>
>
http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/02/May/0300.html
>
> Paul
>
> PS: AFAICT, your only remaining addition would be
> the new paragraph at the
> bottom, right? If so, I'm not sure whether it's
> needed. The latest version
> of para 4 already emphasizes the volunteer thing,
> which is by far the most
> important of the three ideas your para adds.
>
> Speaking as a big part of the other history you're
> mentioning, I don't think
> it's really needed for this press release. Ditto
> for the GPL mention.
>
> If there'd been more advance notice, it might have
> been fun to do the
> standard press release trick of soliciting quotes
> from *other people* to
> introduce those ideas.
>
> For example, here are some TOTALLY MADE UP QUOTES,
> putting words in the
> mouths of prominent people that I KNOW VERY WELL
> THEY'D NEVER SAY:
>
> "AbiWord is the latest and finest example of the
> kinds of powerfully
> usable software that can be developed, from
> scratch, by a world-wide
> team of volunteers collaborating under the terms
> of the GNU GPL.
> More free software! I love it!"
> -- Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation
>
> "I never leave kernel mode unless I have to. I
> try to leave all that
> pixel-pushing stuff out in userland to others.
> Thank goodness for
> the folks on the AbiWord team. Now I can skim
> all those useless email
> attachments before I delete them!"
> -- Linus Torvalds, Linux
>
> "Hey, how come we're the only major desktop
> operating system that
> AbiWord doesn't run natively on? What do I have
> to do to get someone to
> finish the Cocoa port? Can I just sneak them
> into the next Pixar release
> party or will I actually have to pay them?"
> -- Steve Jobs, Apple
>
> "AbiSource ... has started developing, in
> particular, a very high-quality
> word processor for the Linux environment."
> -- Paul Maritz, Microsoft Sr VP of platforms and
> applications
Hey you forgot this one:
"AbiWord is starting to give Word a run for its money
in the multilingual department. Imagine how much
better it would be if somebody paid that scruffy
Aussie bloke with the long hair to hack it some more."
-- Andrew Dunbar, unemployed AbiWord hacker (-;
> Oops. Actually, the last quote *is* real:
>
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/transcripts/jan99/01-28-am.asp
>
> :-)
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