On Saturday, June 11, 2011 12:35:03 PM Tom Davies wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: upscope <upsc...@nwi.net> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > > Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 18:52:12 > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: helping Users and LibreOffice > > - proposal > > > > On Saturday, June 11, 2011 04:55:12 AM Tom Davies wrote: > > > Hi :) > > > > > > Pedro i have to disagree with one of your points although i > > > almost entirely agree with the rest. The 3.4.0 HAD to be > > > released when it was even tho it wasn't ready (as we have seen > > > from the jump in weird problems posted to the users list). > > > > > > Oracle were playing tactical games, rushing out their 1st > > > release > > > > > > since their 3.3.0 and calling it 3.4.0. LibreOffice has had 2 > > > clear > > > > > > releases since their 3.3.0 (the 3.3.1 and the 3.3.2) and were > > > > > > working on the 3rd, due at the time to be called 3.3.4. Some > > > segments of the press were hailing LibreOffice as much faster > > > developing than OOo because LO's 3.3.0 released the day before > > > OOo's 3.3.0. BUT by calling their first release since then the > > > "3.4.0" the public & media's perception would be that Oracle > > > had leap-frogged over LO and regained the lead. (even tho it > > > contained less work and less added functionality than the 3.3.1 > > > (or even than the LO 3.3.0!)). > > > > Tom have to disagree with coming out with a new version just to > > get it out because a competior did something. In my 40+ years in > > the It field I saw many companies do this and lose their > > reputation for good quality products. ( Xerox, Data General, > > Digital Equipment all gone from making main frames, mini's and > > other computer related products). > > > > My thoughts are come out with a good quality product when its > > ready. This does not mean wait forever, but get rid of themajor > > issues, add functionality, test and then release. (Calc is good > > example ,in my mind, of a product with problems, also some in > > writer when dealing with docx). I'm trying to document and bug > > report the ones I see, but some are documents I cannot attach > > because of the information they contain). > > > > I will be glad to test 3.4.0 but I need to keep 3.3.2 running due > > to monthly commitments. I hope to load opensuse 12.0 this week > > and then 3.4.0 with it to test. > > > > Russ > > > > openSUSE 11.4(2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop)|KDE Platform Version 4.6.3 > > (4.6.3) "release 4"|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce > > 8400GS (NVIDIA- Linux-x86_64-270.41.06) > > Hi :) > Well the 3.4.1 is going to settle a lot of the issues and it's due > out reasonably soon, unrushed. Until then, or even beyond the, we > have the 3.3.2 beign supported for quite a long time. Otherwise i > would agree with you and i don't entirely disagree now. > Regards from > Tom :) It was just my old age and 2 cents remembering the way we used to release software. Yes I'm using 3.3.2 but that's where my calc problems started.
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