[odf-discuss] Request for Digg help

[Ian Lynch]

On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 12:53 -0700, Christian Einfeldt wrote:
> hi 
> 
> congrats on the certification, Ian!  This is a big, important
> milestone for financial sustainability of FOSS! 
> 
> On 5/27/07, Ian Lynch <ian.lynch at zmsl.com> wrote:
>         Anyone care to help us Digg this as INGOTS promote ODF
>         through 
>         accredited certification in open systems.
>         
>         http://digg.com/linux_unix/Interview_with_Ian_Lynch_about_INGOTS/who
> 
> Dugg, but if I might make a suggestion, Ian, you might want to
> re-submit it to Digg with fewer acronyms.  I know that this is a
> really big deal, but the acronyms make it such that most North
> Americans, for example, might not know that it is a big deal.  Many
> North Americans are unaware of the names or acronyms of these UK
> agencies.  So one possible suggestion for a change would be:
> 
> "Open format standard is given approval by national UK agency for use
> in all primary and secondary schools in the UK.  These standards are
> much less expensive to administer, making this approval a real plus
> for UK schools."
> 
> And the headline would be:
> 
> UK national government approves open testing standards for all schools
> 
> I probably have not gotten it right in terms of "open testing
> standards" but please don't use INGOTs or other acronyms in the main
> heading or the main description.  You can add all the details in the
> comment section.  You will be the first comment, and everyone will
> probably digg that comment to make sure it stay floating at the top,
> as is this case:
> 
> http://digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_Foundation_We_Have_Our_Own_Patent_Arsenal
> 
> Just my two cents.  And congrats, again, Ian!

Good points. I didn't write the Digg article, I'll pass on the message
to Richard who did

Thanks

Ian
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