Jean Weber wrote: > I think our (TDF/LO) success can be judged on its own merits. What I > don't understand is why some of the SAOSA sound like they are > threatened by our success. As you say, spreading negative energy > around helps no one.
In my opinion, the problem is in the IBM strategy, which is outlined between the lines in one of Rob Weir's blog post (title: the scarcity fallacy...). IBM wants a face-to-face confrontation with Microsoft on office suites, and any project which does not make the confrontation possible is a problem. Also, every project that draws media attention does not allow IBM to conquer the "Microsoft antagonist" positioning that they are aiming at. This is the reason why they are so vocal against TDF/LO and not against Calligra. IBM followers are like seagulls following a cruise ship to get food leftovers. They hope to get the business that IBM will not be able to retain. It is a forward looking strategy, but is what the Italians - the largest group of IBM followers - are doing. By the way, the seagulls comparison is not done by accident. -- Italo Vignoli - [email protected] mob +39.348.5653829 - VoIP [email protected] skype italovignoli - gtalk [email protected] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
