https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154593
--- Comment #19 from John Mills <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #18) > (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #15) > > So, we all agreed to have the UI type selection come up on first startup > > (which you indicated you also agree with). > > Me not (and many developers neither). Keep this Pandora box locked. Hi Heiko, just for understanding on my side why do you liken this request to opening Pandora's box? That is quite a comparison, Pandora's box denoted a curse on mankind. Is the request really likened to this by yourself for suggesting that we provide users with a choice on how they use LibreOffice? Could you just explain in a couple of sentences why you consider the request such a bad idea, I genuinely don't understand the negativity. Italo on the marketing mailing list today made a very valid comment that I feel is also related to this request. "It should be clear that 80% (and probably more) of what we communicate is targeted to "normal" software users, and not to community members or to people with a technical background, who are already using LibreOffice (or refuse to use it for technical reasons). They are not our target, given that office suites are commodities. Our target is mis-informed and mis-educated by Microsoft, but doesn't realize it. On the contrary, they trust Microsoft more than they trust open source software." Surely this request is the type of solution to help liberate people from proprietary software solutions that do not respect their freedom. It appears there are too many people who are unable or unwilling to put themselves in the position of a new or casual user looking to move to LibreOffice and would benefit from a solution to make that migration easier. If LibreOffice is solely a commodity amongst many other office suites then how does keeping the current status quo benefit the mid to long-term adoption of LibreOffice? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
