Hi, On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 06:10:51PM +0200, Thorsten Behrens wrote: > Telesto wrote: > > From internal perspective (so within the organization of TDF) > > LibreOffice is viewed, managed, and functioning as a project. > > > and > > > LibreOffice for the end-user is pretty often associated with a > > product. > > > True, that is a good description of the status quo.
Quite. A notable distinction is that the first reflects mostly a reality, while the second is only a perception that has no base in reality. Therefore one shouldnt build strategy on or conclusions from the latter, and focus on the former. And yes, the latter might be a hugely _popular_ perception in a specific audience. That still doesnt make it one bit true. Telestro wrote: > If I get beer for free from the brewery ... Software and beer markets are not acting the same. If I give away one beer for free, that leaves still a lot of beer of the same quality to be sold even in the same town. If I give away one specific software for free, nobody will buy software of the same quality anywhere on the world anymore. So lets not do beer analogies, please. Thorsten wrote: > I cannot speak for Bjoern, but what resonated well with me is the > "project over product" (or also called "community over code" > elsewhere) line. > > Which says, to be successful in the long term, the advise is to > generally favour community needs over user needs (and as a corollary, > also focus marketing on attracting more contributors, rather than more > users). That is a very good summary of the guidance I tried to express, thanks! Best, Bjoern -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
