On 10/25/2013 03:38 PM, Pedro wrote: > Shouldn't TDF (and Apache...) be worried about the sharp decrease in free > office demand?
Yes, and No. The "No" part is that this type of report is created for a specific client, to provide the answer that the client wants, regardless of how close to reality that answer is. (IOW, if you want a report that shows OOo4Kids is the #1 office suite in the business market, the report they produce will show the data that reflects that reality.) The "Yes" part is that the _alleged_ 11% decline in OOo variants is a fairly large decline. That difference could be simply the difference in the surveyed population: Current Microsoft Office users versus former Microsoft Office users. Alternatively,the survey questions could have been phrased to suggest that it was a survey about Microsoft Office usage, and not general office suite usage, even when the people being surveyed were told otherwise. (I'd suggest that 7 out of 10 responders thought it was a survey about Microsoft Office, and not Office Suites.) I did notice that EuroOffice was missing from the list. How many firms went from OOo to EuroOffice, because it provides what Oracle failed to provide --- tier 1 support, tier 2 support, and tier 3 support for HOSO & SMB sized organizations? If it was not listed in the survey, then responders who use it would be scratching for their backup office suite, not current and in heavy use office suite. jonathon * English - detected * English * English <javascript:void(0);> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
