2011/2/18 David Gerard <[email protected]>: > On 18 February 2011 15:15, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> While it is likely that they will achieve $50.000 somehow [1], it >> would be good that WMF (1) donate them some sum of money and (2) to >> cover the remainder, if they would have any. > > It's a good cause, but doesn't look on the surface tremendously > WMF-mission-relevant. Do we have a significant usage of > OpenOffice/LibreOffice?
I frequently use it to convert documents written by people uncomfortable with MediaWiki syntax. Encyclopedic articles, documents for WikiSource, word-lists for Wiktionary etc. Last time i checked, MediaWiki exporter was included in the default installation of LibreOffice. There supposed to be an equivalent add-on for Microsoft Office. I tried installing it, but it didn't actually work; YMMV. But then, we love Free Software anyway anyway, don't we? This doesn't necessarily mean that i support donating money to that foundation. I love and use the product, i help localizing it, and i do hope that it will be independent from Oracle, but i haven't made up my mind about this particular organizational move yet. > (I installed LibreOffice 3.3 in Ubuntu 10.10 from the PPA. It's quite > nice. They're getting out a lot of little annoyances that Sun and now > Oracle never bothered with. Recommended.) +1. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
