Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LO vs AOO : GPL/LGPL vs ASL licences

I would suggest to mention the advantages of a community driven
project, focused on the project itself instead broad coverage (like
Apache). Resources and members are more focused on specific stuff on
the project.

Of course certain people will get upset about that stuff, but it's
impossible to be politically correct most of the time without getting
absurd.

On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Cor Nouws <oolst@nouenoff.nl> wrote:
> Hi Immanuel,
>
> Immanuel Giulea wrote (01-01-13 16:15)
>
> > So, back to my original question and I'll try to rephrase it:
> >
> > If not for the differences in licences, why should end-users choose LO
> > over
> > AOO when migrating away from MSO? How is LO a "better product"?
>
>
> Yes, this is an interesting question, because we want to offer the users the
> best possible. However I tend to agree with Tom: moving away from MsOffice
> is most important. So when we would explicitly start comparing with Apache
> OO, that could distract from the most important step, cause unnecessary
> rouse and so more.
>
> Still, there are obvious reasons why LibreOffice is better.
> The features pages
>   http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-6-new-features-and-fixes/
>   (and the others)
> show many advantages.
> Also community wise, since IBM has chosen to merge their Symphony product
> with Apache OO, that is going to have a considerable impact the next year or
> maybe longer. All that work will leave less room for possible new
> development, cleaning up, improving old code. And knowing the speed at which
> LibreOffice grows...
> Of course we do not know what the future will bring, but still.
>
> So wouldn't it be enough to make a short description such as for example:
> "LibreOffice was started in September 2010 as a free-making of the
> OpenOffice code in an independent organisation - The Document Foundation.
> Since then LibreOffice has seen much improvements, new features and a more
> attractive appearance. "
> Details about licences, growing number of developers and so more are not so
> relevant for users that we want to introduce LibreOffice.
> And people that want to compare Apache OO and LibreOffice could do so
> themselves based on (information that points to) features.
>
> What do you think?
> Regards,
>
> (PS Let's make it a good habit to speak about LibreOffice as much as
> possible, and not LO or such - name recognition is a good thing)
>
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>
>
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