On 11 Dec 2007 at 11:37, Robert Derman wrote: > Michael Adams wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:28:42 +0000 > > mike scott wrote: ... > >> But what about those on dial-up lines, or who for some other reason > >> have difficulty in downloading? Is it fair to tell them to keep buying > >> CDs from someone to get the new release? /If/ (and I don't know the > >> figures) they represent a significant proportion of the likely user > >> community (present /and future/) will this update policy impact > >> unduly on the market penetration of OOo? > >> > > > > If i was in that situation, i would just weigh up the relative merits of > > the upgrade: > > * Is it a feature release? > > * Is it a bugfix that i was waiting for? > > * Is it a security upgrade? > > > > Then either carefully consider my opinion, or toss a coin. It is still > > an easier decision than investing in MSOffice every year. Are you seeing > > grief where there need be none?
Possibly. It doesn't affect me anyway. But if I were on dialup, I'd be very frustrated at having to download 150Mb or so to get a small incremental improvement, and it wouldn't improve my opinion of the OOo project. I'd hate to see M$ being gifted excuses for people to stay....... > > > Perhaps there should be a short note with each new release titled > something like "Who needs to upgrade to this release?" and a list of > what has been upgraded, fixed, new features added etc. and everyone can Now that would be useful. One might also add "what's newly broken" perhaps :-) :-) -- http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because of spam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
