On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile <arie...@apache.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 10:46:41AM -0500, Rob Weir wrote: >> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=your_top_questions_answered >> >> In addition to review, note that I need help developing a response to >> questions 7, 8 and 10. >> >> 7. "Open Office doesn't handle tables in Word well - for example >> re-sizing of columns, keeping table rows together, inserting page >> breaks within tables. Could OO development include a goal of fully >> matching MS Office functionality for tables?" >> >> >> 8. "When is OpenOffice going to get a visual refresh and be built with >> each OSes native widgets?" >> >> >> 10. "Why is the "User Profile" causing so much trouble in migration >> from older versions to 3.4.1?" > > I counted 11 mentions to "LibreOffice". Do we really want to give them > such kind of promotion? > > Simply recall that most of OpenOffice's user base (Windows users), know > nothing about LO; I understand their need to build their brand, but > using Apache resource to do so doesn't sound fine IMHO. > > I know this tries to answers the top asked questions, among those are LO > related questions, but how representative are these questions when most > of our user base does not even know what LO is? These questions could > really be genuine AOO users questions, or simply a way some LO followers > have chosen to promote their brand using OpenOffice brand and > resources. >
I've seen similar questions come up on the user list, as blog comments and on the forums. So it is representative of questions from the more engaged users, who may or may not be representative of the average user. So there might be some value in answering them in one place, so we can point users to this post in the future. -Rob > > Regards > -- > Ariel Constenla-Haile > La Plata, Argentina
