On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 11:36:33 -0500 Drew Jensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> First to what Rory was saying on PDF editing, I tend to agree and > personally don't see it as a must have feature for any suite - that said, > again for myself I'd point out that with ODF-extended file format they can > create a PDF/ODF hybrid (whether you think that is a good idea or not..;) > but it is the case anyway) and I think worth a mention. It ought be emphasised that this only allows limited (cosmetic type) editing. > > To Ariel's point - I think it's valid (though I disagree that AOO on MS > Windows wouldn't know about it) IMO the best situation is to not address > LibO at all - I would directly tell folks asking about it to ask at the > proper location and that is LibO. I will say the same about LibO resources. > Myself I wish that were not the best way, but I think it is. That said, I > also hope that AOO and LibO developers end up having a beer together at > FOSDEM and exchanging ideas on the code in sessions.. > > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile > <[email protected]>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. It might be worth reducing the number of specific references to LibO to the bare minimum, and gereralising to stress that AOO code can be and is used by a number of other customised Office suites; we don't have to list them. A general statement of Apache OpenOffice willingness to co-operate should suffice, without casting blame in any direction. -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]>
