2009/2/12, H.S. <[email protected]>: > > Hello, > > I have been using openoffice.org for some years now, but not on a > regular basis. I work primarily with LaTeX. At the same time, I rarely > work with MS Office's Word. > > Having said that, I have noticed that there have been some troubling > articles online in the recent some months. Example: > http://www.e-linux.it/news_detail.php?id=7681 (Openoffice.org - The Fun > Has Gone?). > > One of the main problems that appears in these is the rigid bureaucracy > in the development of OOo. I find this very troubling. From the looks of > it, contributions are fiercely resisted against by the people at Sun and > OOo project is not moving as rapidly as it can. > > And who hasn't heard of requested features and reported bugs that are > years old and no action taken! > > So, I wonder what is the general perception among the users here > regarding the future of OOo. I personally would not like the project to > stagnate or die, rather I would like it progress with leaps and bounds > towards a position where I can comfortably recommend it to fellow MS > Word users without having to make lame excuses about lacking features > (well, "most users do not use 90% of Word's features" doesn't really cut > it when one is recommending a relatively obscure product). > > I read a recent comment in slashdot by someone who said that if OOo > being a free product cannot impress people while MS Office worth $500 is > holding on to the market tells a lot about OOo! > > Comments are welcome. > ->HS
Thanks, HS, for the link to Richard Hillesley's interesting and to my mind, balanced article.... Henri
