https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90114
Robinson Tryon (qubit) <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEEDINFO CC| |[email protected] Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #3 from Robinson Tryon (qubit) <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Matthew Millar from comment #0) > A inhibitor of LibreOffice progressing into enterprise is the limited > control over installed program modules. > > A current trend in streamlining the activities and procedures of users is to > minimalise the amount of information presented to a user to only that needed > for their tasks. e.g. MS File Server Access-based Enumeration. Is that for security reasons, or training reasons, or? Status -> NEEDINFO > Installing a full office suite for every user is counter-intuitive to the > Microsoft Office installation choices, and is contrary to current enterprise > practise. 10 years ago, using Free/Open Source Software in the enterprise was probably not seen as "enterprise practice," but times are changing... > Schools are also restricted as to the type of software allowed to students > in certain situations. e.g. Exams. Supporting two office software variants > for use in different situations is equally as counter-intuitive. For better or worse, LibreOffice is an integrated suite. If schools want to have students take a writing test on a computer rather than in a bluebook, I don't see how having access to Impress and Calc is going to be a problem. There are a number of text editors like GEdit which might be even simpler for longhand writing. > Further, being unable to isolate a particular module or feature also hampers > reactivity when mitigating security concerns. I'd have to see a specific example to understand how isolating parts of LibreOffice for security reasons would justify the added expense of separating and maintaining the components separately. Of course, backend cleanup (accompanied by appropriate tests to make sure we don't break current functionality) is something that I'm sure the devs would love to review. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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