Hi :) More good news for LibreOffice on Android. :)) I like the paragraph; " To confirm the interest for LibreOffice on Android, the Viewer - although still a Beta - has already been downloaded by tens of thousands of users in just a week, and reviewed by hundreds of websites. "
I still haven't got an Android myself so i haven't been able to try it. Has anyone here been able to try it out yet? Regards from Tom :) On 27 January 2015 at 09:54, Italo Vignoli <[email protected]> wrote: > Berlin, January 27, 2015 - Following the successful release of the > LibreOffice Viewer (Beta), The Document Foundation announces the results > of the Android tender - http://tdf.io/tender - today. The tender aims at > developing the technical framework that will ultimately power > LibreOffice for Android, including the document editor. This tender is > one more step towards a compelling, elegant and full-featured experience > of LibreOffice on Android. > > "We have received a large number of requests for LibreOffice on Android, > but at the same time we have realized that without a solid base > framework it would have been extremely difficult for the ecosystem to > develop a full fledged application for that platform," comments Thorsten > Behrens, TDF Chairman. "With the other members of the BoD, we have then > decided to use a portion of the money coming from donations to fund the > development of such a framework. This represents an innovative way to > spend donations money, and respects the will of the people who have > donated to fund an Android application. We invite our happy users to > keep on their support with donations." > > To confirm the interest for LibreOffice on Android, the Viewer - > although still a Beta - has already been downloaded by tens of thousands > of users in just a week, and reviewed by hundreds of websites. > > Three work packages, out of the four included in the tender, have been > assigned as follows: (1) infrastructure and (2) selections to Collabora, > (4) cloud storage and e-mail to Igalia [details of the work packages are > available on the tender page]. Results are expected during the month of > March 2015. > > "The tender process has been a completely new experience for the Board > of Directors and for myself", says Florian Effenberger, Executive > Director of The Document Foundation. "The most challenging part has been > to create the format of the tender according to the principles set in > our statutes, to set an even ground of competition for all the > participants. Once again, we have set a new ground for free software > foundations, by investing in the development of a framework, to foster > the development of a full fledged LibreOffice for Android. I would like > to take this opportunity to thank all the companies who have sent their > proposals, including those who have not been selected." > > The Document Foundation will be making the work available as a series of > Beta builds over time which will incrementally add more powerful editing > capabilities. Users are encouraged to download and play with the > application, and provide their feedback to help improve the quality of > the software. > > The Document Foundation is grateful to all donors for their ongoing > support of the project, through the donations page at: > http://donate.libreoffice.org. > > Short link to blog post: http://wp.me/p1byPE-x2. > > -- > Italo Vignoli - The Document Foundation > mob IT +39.348.5653829 - mob EU +39.392.7481795 > sip [email protected] - skype italovignoli > hangout / jabber [email protected] > email [email protected] > GPG Key ID - 0xAAB8D5C0 > DB75 1534 3FD0 EA5F 56B5 FDA6 DE82 934C AAB8 D5C0 > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/announce/ -- To unsubscribe 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
