[libreoffice-marketing] Marketing the next release

Le 2010-11-03 16:06, leif a écrit :
> Hi Marc,
> I'm not trying to emphasize LibO compared to OOo. But in every software
> release, the users are asking: Whats new?
>
> If we don't say what we have achieved so far our users will wonder why
> we are hiding it.
>
>
> /Cheers
> Leif


I think we need to compare LibO 3.3 to OOo 3.2.1 and say what's new in a 
way that can easily be understood by common users. Having a dry table 
with a list of "issues" doesn't mean anything for the average user. By 
the same token, it could be said, for example, that the migration from 
OpenOffice to LibreOffice won't change anything for the user, 
compatibility wise, but will allow the developers more freedom to 
develop a better software (or interface, or...). This way, we don't fuel 
a debate between OOo and LibO, but rather between LibO (OOo) and 
commercial products.

We should also highlight a few advantages of LibreOffice vs the other 
commercial suites. I must admit that my list is more geared toward the 
power user than the casual user, so work could be done on it. Here I start:
- more possibilities with styles (at least in Writer and Calc)
- variables allow more possibilities for long documents
- better integration between modules, which means a few more formatting 
and customizing possibilities  in Calc and Impress
- unbeatable cost.

--
Michel Gagnon
Montréal (Québec, Canada) -- http://mgagnon.net

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