[ODFPlugtest] ODF demo opportunity

[Hanssens Bart]

Hi,


Malcolm (he participated in the ODF UK plugfest) informed us of this
excellent opportunity to demonstrate ODF interoperability at the UK
Open Government event.

Although not a plugfest, I guess a lot of vendors would be interested
in participating in this event ?


Best regards

Bart


> From: Malcolm Newbury [mailto:malcolm.newbury at googlemail.com]
> Hi Bart,
>
> Having now had a chance to read the interop demo document _ Yes this
> is precisely the kind of thing I'm talking about, involving a range
> of ODF applications, exchanging ODF documents for a clear high value
> business purpose, e.g. purchase ordering, invoicing, sales proposal
> etc. This would be engaging and of significant interest given that
> our NHS has recently been told to buy office software themselves.
>
> If we can connect around 4-6 participants to a thunderbird mail
> server to transport ODF documents this would also help in scenario
> orchestration. The kind of end to end interoperability scenario I
> had in mind was:
>
> 1- Circulation and modification of a simple proposal document
> between different companies using MS and Libreoffice/Openoffice
> 2- Production of a draft purchase order from a web PHP link, which
> results in an ODF doc emailed to a supplier who reads it using MS.
> 3-  Production of a draft invoice by a supplier using Openerp, which
> is then modified by an independent commissioned sales rep using OO
> before submission to a client who reads it in MS.
>
> The proposed venue would the Open Government<http://www.smartgovlive.com/page.cfm/Link=9/t=m/goSection=9
> > stand(click link) at the Guardian Public Procurement show. I have
> already got the space and want to do something engaging within it.
> Theere will be an audience of more than 5000 local government,
> healthcare and central government delegates at the event.
>
> As you know this is a great time to influence things in the UK.
> Costs per participant would be around  £1000.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Malcolm
>