Re: [libreoffice-design] Windows 8 version?

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On Apr 14, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Alberto Delgado wrote:

> I don't really think it's bad, I've been using windows 8 for a while now
> and it works perfectly on desktop, surprisingly, it works great
> even when having in mind that the system is primarily thought for tablets.
>
> I understand that working on other projects
> right now might damage the ongoing work, but you shouldn't set
> a Metro UI version aside just because you don't like it.
>
> Windows has an enormous amount of users, users that either don't
> like or are afraid of changing to MacOS or Linux, users that are very likely
> migrate to W8, also, W8 for tablets is a much more powerful OS than
> iOS or Android, specially when the user is using it for
> work (sound like your public, right?), on the other side, the PC
> version will be receiving a great amount of users soon enough,
> they won't change their mind just because it doesn't feel right for you.
>
> Whichever reason for which you don't like W8 is not enough to forget
> about the great amount of users the OS has. Again, take it from me,
> I've been using it on desktop and i can't wait to get a tablet with W8
> an OS that is not as closed as Apple's and not fragmented as Google's.
> Try it out before saying anything about it, the link to the free preview is
> in
> my original e-mail.
>
> I'm not saying you should start working on it right now, but it IS important
> and useful to prepare a version for Windows 8 soon.
>
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