Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Impact of Mozilla's decision regarding Thunderbird on LibreOffice and need to act?

I agree... TB is a need for LO. Not a want. To effectively compete in the
market we (LO / TDF) must have an  integrated PIM. I have been advocating
this in the past.
On Jul 15, 2012 6:20 AM, "Gerry T." <gerry.treppel@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Dear Charles,
>
> thank you very much for your reply.
>
>  [...] I am not sure I agree with your thesis. I would point out that in
> > most
> > organization it's the email / groupware server (Exchange/Lotus) that's
> > the primary barrier, not the mail client.
> > If I'm not mistaken Thunderbird or Mozilla do not distribute such
> > groupware server.
> Thundbird/Lightning as client programmes is in this regard similar
> situation like LibreOffice, Yes, Mozilla does not provide a groupware
> server, but - with some quirks - TB can communicate with those (e.g.
> Exchange).
> I think, you are right for big organisations or companies, but for the
> small and medium size organisations/companies the email/PIM client is
> central (e.g. our institute (university) with roughly 100 staff is based on
> IMAP-Server, shared calendar, shared adress book, shared storage). For this
> big target group of organisations/companies, there is basically the
> decision between MS Outlook and Thunderbird/Lightning. And if Outlook is
> chosen, the Office suite is MS Office.
>
> > [...] But to come back to your suggestion, I think that while the
> > development
> > or distribution of a mail client alongside LibreOffice might be worth
> > thinking about *if the appropriate resources* are available, the notion
> > that the Document Foundation would "take over" the development of
> > Thunderbird is impractical, and will not become real in any way.
> What I am proposing is not to take over the development in any way, my
> suggestion is more in the way of signalling to Mozilla.org that
> TB/Lightning are also very important projects for the future success of
> LibreOffice. And maybe in the direction of promoting the other
> project/product to be the best complement to the own software (LibreOffice
> + TB/Lightning = full office suite).
> There are, of course, also interesting features, where the teams could
> cooperate, e.g. the ability to view ODF files directly in Thunderbird. Or
> to edit ODF files with LibreOffice from within TB without the hazzle of
> saving_from_email -> editing_in_LO -> saving_in_LO _> attach_again_to_email.
>
> Best regards,
> Gerry
>
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