Re: [board-discuss] Re: Some problems.

2020-07-14 Thread toki
On 2020/07/14 10:41, Michael Meeks wrote: > On 12/07/2020 20:32, toki wrote: >> On 2020/07/08 12:40, Michael Meeks wrote: >>> I think Thorsten stated more cleanly as: >>> >>> "The market for desktop libreoffice is tough; >>> sales cycles frequently count in multiple years" >> >> I'd

[board-discuss] Drafting "Tender for implementing support for a dedicated, built-in UNO object,inspection tool (Xray-built-in debugger)"

2020-07-14 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, one of the approved [1] tenders is the Tender for implementing support for a dedicated, built-in UNO object inspection tool (Xray-built-in debugger) The board would like to work together in public with all of you on this tender before it gets officially published. The current draft

Re: [board-discuss] Big organisations not contributing

2020-07-14 Thread Kev M
>Did I mention that ~no government person has a business card: you can meet >them at a conference and chat to them while they pass by your very expensive >booth, but following that up and turning it into sales is really tough. They >also tend to operate on a timescale that is extraordinarily

Re: [board-discuss] Re: [tdf-members] Personal: and software freedom.

2020-07-14 Thread Kev M
Fair, I suppose my ethnocentrism is showing. I do think that "Community" in the FOSS world carries connotations that suggest less features. At least it's better than Home, Personal, or Individual. It would be nice if there was a neutral third term that was universally known to communicate

Re: [board-discuss] Big organisations not contributing

2020-07-14 Thread sophi
Hi, Le 14/07/2020 à 12:58, Sam Tuke a écrit : > This thread seems to be conflating separate things: > > On 14/07/2020 11:15, Michael Meeks wrote: >> On 13/07/2020 22:07, Leo Moons wrote: >>> It strikes me that there's a lot of talk about large organizations, >>> that don't contribute to the

Re: [board-discuss] Big organisations not contributing

2020-07-14 Thread Sam Tuke
This thread seems to be conflating separate things: On 14/07/2020 11:15, Michael Meeks wrote: > On 13/07/2020 22:07, Leo Moons wrote: >> It strikes me that there's a lot of talk about large organizations, >> that don't contribute to the community. Meaning that: 1) large orgs should donate to

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Some problems.

2020-07-14 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Jonathon, On 12/07/2020 20:32, toki wrote: > On 2020/07/08 12:40, Michael Meeks wrote: >> I think Thorsten stated more cleanly as: >> >> "The market for desktop libreoffice is tough; >> sales cycles frequently count in multiple years" > > I'd blame the lack of sales on

Re: [board-discuss] Re: [tdf-members] Personal: and software freedom.

2020-07-14 Thread Lionel Élie Mamane
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 12:29:03PM -0400, Kev M wrote: > The nice thing about Vanilla is that everyone implicity knows what > it means; I don't think the term is well-understood outside of those with a deep understanding of the English language and at least one associated culture. I expect it to

Re: [board-discuss] Big organisations not contributing

2020-07-14 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Leo, On 13/07/2020 22:07, Leo Moons wrote: > It strikes me that there's a lot of talk about large organizations, that > don't contribute to the community. But why not talk to these > organizations? Its a good idea, and of course everyone is trying to do that. For example when C'bra

Re: [board-discuss] Re: [tdf-members] Personal: and software freedom.

2020-07-14 Thread Lionel Élie Mamane
On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 04:31:38PM -0700, Brett Cornwall wrote: > On July 12, 2020 12:51:26 PM PDT, toki wrote: >> On 2020/07/10 12:59, Kev M wrote: >> I might be hypersensative right now, due to the riots in the United >> States, but I suspect every HR department seeking to reduce >> "hostile

Re: [tdf-members] [board-discuss] Re: Personal: and software freedom.

2020-07-14 Thread Marco A.G. Pinto
Now that we are at it: LibreOffice Personal LibreOffice Personal & Home Office LibreOffice Governmental LibreOffice Universities LibreOffice Business/LibreOffice Enterprise Just my two cents. On 14/07/2020 08:09, Cor Nouws wrote: > == > Postings on this list are considered private. Please do

Re: [board-discuss] Re: [tdf-members] Personal: and software freedom.

2020-07-14 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Lionel, *, Lionel Élie Mamane wrote on 13/07/2020 18:05: > On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 12:04:41PM +0100, Michael Meeks wrote: >> Which is a completely fair comment too. It's unclear of course >> if eg. a Community Edition will yield any significant traction, and >> certainly encouraging