When LO first started, I felt like I was bashing my head against the
wall trying to understand the what and why. I eventually personally
emailed Thorsten Behrens and he provided a nice summary of line.
On 06/30/2011 07:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Hmmm, it's a shame there doesn't seem to be a generic term covering OpenOffice,
LibreOffice and the various forks. I see why Andrew is standing back from
re-editing until the dust settles but it would be a shame to miss the
opportunity to get established fast. Perhaps at the beginning of the book it
could be made clear that throughout the book reference will be made to "Office"
meaning both OpenOffice and LibreOffice plus any relevant forks (NeoOffice?)?
Of course outside of the LibreOffice&OpenOffice community the word Office tends
to refer to something else but i use it at work in an increasingly ambiguous
way.
Currently, OOo has name recognition among the masses. I have an
expectation at this point that an LO user understands the difference. At
least initially, the primary difference seemed to be ideology. At the
moment, I can state a few tangible differences, few of which makes a
difference to a low level user. I expect that most of my audience
(meaning at least 51%) would not be overly confused by my coverage of
all the variants. As the code base drifts apart, however, that will
change. I think that I noticed that API changes were actively occurring
in LO.
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Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
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