On 30-Nov-2013, at 13:01, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:44:13 +0100 > Hagar Delest <hagar.del...@laposte.net> wrote: > >> Le 27/11/2013 20:23, Rob Weir a écrit : >>> Yesterday we reached 80,072,389 downloads. >> >> Well, I also saw this: >> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=62425 (South >> Tyrol government to standardise on LibreOffice) and especially the quote >> from last post: "We opted for LibreOffice over OpenOffice because we think >> this gives us more guarantees. It has a more consistent and constantly >> growing community of developers and by statute has to be independent from >> corporations," Pfeifer said. >> >> LibO is getting more and more momentum (French referential uses LibO too, >> something that will be implemented in more and more institutions). I wonder >> why AOO doesn't report similar successes. >> >> Are we lacking marketing power? Or key people? >> >> Hagar >> > We are perhaps too polite. We don't indulge in 'slanging matches' with the > LibreOffice camp, unlike many of their proponents, who may not be as > connected with the main LibreOffice core group, as (for example) list members > here are with the Apache setup. > > We should emphasise AOO's stability; unfortunately any argument for stability > or almost anything is very much an 'ad hominem' argument and can be shot down > by a vociferous and technically incompetent user (we hae seen many such, both > on this list and on the Forum(s)) who 'knows' that a computer is a 'magic > box' and expects it to accomodate his incompetence.
That said, and I agree with Rory, I also think that emphasizing AOO's use by enterprises and other large-scale entities, would only help. And calling out South Tyrol's claims wouldn't be bad, either. After all, they do not seem to be based on anything like fact. louis > > > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
