Re: [libreoffice-conference] Libre Office Conf/Newbie/Advice/Spreadsheets

We look forward to meet you Gordon :-)

Best,

Charles.

Le lundi 08 octobre 2012 à 15:03 +0100, Gordon Guthrie a écrit :
> Folks
>
> I'm coming through to the Libre Office Conference next week for the
> first time, yay!
>
> I am coming for a couple of reasons.
>
> There are very few people in the world who write spreadsheet software
> and I would like to meet other people who do  - instead of being the
> freak at Tech Events :(
>
> But also, more seriously, we have a next-generation spreadsheet server written:
> http://vixo.com
>
> It is not really a competitor with Libre Office as it is pure web. But
> it does implement 150 Libre Office compatible functions. I know that
> Michael Meeks is working on a Libre Office rival to Office365 - but
> that still has to have an offline mode (I presume?).
>
> One of our challenges is how do we get distribution - what is the road
> to a million users. One of our former employees went on to work at
> CouchDB and is now at Mozilla - so there is one camp saying we should
> consider open source.
>
> We have another camp (investor-led) going: "No, no, no, hey wait, what
> about MySQL? Erk, yes, no, yes, no, aargh!".
>
> So I am also looking to pick people's brains on the subject of open
> sourcing: pros, cons, how to go about it, partnerships, incubation,
> etc.
>
> But also it will be fun to talk about Excel-compatible error handling,
> implementing number formats properly and other fun tech stuff.
>
> So if anyone is happy to spare some time to talk to me about these
> things please send me an e-mail.
>
> In return I am happy to spend some time 'under the hood' showing some
> of the cool tech we use and how we do stuff, again email me.
>
> Looking forward to it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Gordon
>
>
> PS and it is my first time in Berlin as well! (teenage son on half
> term is very excited!).




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