Re: [libreoffice-marketing] About Microsoft Office for Linux strong rumours and LibreOffice: What to fear about it?

Great thanks. Working on it. :)


2013/2/12 Charles-H. Schulz <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org>

> Karoly,
>
> That's the text you should read about our marketing strategy. Not
> because I wrote it (it's only the report of a meeting and decisions)
> but because you'll find many questions answered there about where we go
> and how we work. Also, we do have marketing conference calls on a
> monthly basis (at least we try):
>
>
> http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2012/10/21/marketing-workshop-2012/
>
> Best,
> Charles.
>
>
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:28:05 +0100
> Károly Papp <pkaroly82@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have to argue with Charles.
> >
> > Although I am a new subscriber on this list (a great team so far :)
> > ), I have a different point of view.
> > LO has to compete with MSO on a feature by feature basis, since
> > people who are using MSO now could turn their eyes on LO. And what
> > will they ask? "Can it do it?" And if there is something that you
> > can't do, they won't make the change. And that will be a nail to Free
> > Software's coffin.
> >
> > On the other hand I completely accept Charles's point of view about
> > "featureset + support + availability + community + FOSS + contributing
> > ability". THAT is the advantage that matters. But that is the thing
> > that doesn't (yet) fully works. I can't easily find any promotional
> > stuff, and that hurts pretty much. And no educational material. Try
> > it. Google for "learn microsoft office" and next google for "learn
> > libreoffice". See the diference?
> >
> > And no, we won't see MSO on Linux. :)
> > K
> >
> >
> > 2013/2/12 Charles-H. Schulz <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org>
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >
> > > timofonic timofonic <timofonic@gmail.com> a écrit :
> > >
> > > > Hello.
> > > >
> > > > As some of you probably know, there are rumours about Microsoft
> > > > porting Microsoft Office to Linux. While this may not happen,
> > > > there's the possibility this can someday happen.
> > > >
> > > > What about if it happens? What are the advantages of LibreOffice vs
> > > > Microsoft Office? Despite being Free Software and at no cost
> > > > (that's relative, you would still require some customer support
> > > > too), I wonder about the rest of advantages LibreOffice have and
> > > > if the weak points are relevant to certain organizations (NGOs,
> > > > companies, government institutions...).
> > >
> > > You know, Libreoffice is already competing on the same terms on
> > > Windows. In general, trying to find out what specific product value
> > > might be differentiating might not be too helpful. We are not
> > > competing on a feature by feature basis, but rather on a community
> > > and global value, something like featureset+ support+ availability
> > > + community + FOSS + contributing ability. All this put together is
> > > a bit difficult to express in marketing terms, aside by using and
> > > promoting our community, hence our decision not to do traditional
> > > marketing.
> > >
> > > But on MSOffice on linux  I wouldn't be too worried :-)
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Charles.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Envoyé de mon téléphone avec Kaiten Mail. Excusez la brièveté.
> > >
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