Congratulations Kannan! Those are terrific numbers…..
I have been a long time admirer of LibreOffice but have not commented much hope this helps…...On
the topic of this thread: LibreOffice is my default desktop application. IMO, the ProjectLibre
approach is actually quite similar to your issues. We say that ProjectLibre is an “alternative” or
“replaces” Microsoft Project. Both, LibreOffice and ProjectLibre don’t have 100% parity as
Microsoft integrates SharePoint and other solutions. However, for the core desktop word
processing, spreadsheets or presentations you have an alternative. We both have the advantage of
running on Linux, macOS or Windows and since both of us have file compatibility makes it a viable
alternative. The simple messaging of being a replacement/alternative seems to resonate.
There are many people for practical purposes or security prefer the desktop. Again, this is my
opinion but Google Docs and Sheets are a tough target for competitive comparison (Colabra) so
focusing on the desktop replacement with the marketing message more direct as a replacement of
proprietary Office software or explicitly replacing Microsoft Office.
I am a big fan of the work you do at LibreOffice! If any ideas resonate can jump on a call and
further discuss. If I am off base will retreat into the woods again :-)
All the best,
Marc
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On Dec 6, 2021, at 7:00 AM, Kannan Moudgalya <kannan@iitb.ac.in> wrote: Hi All, We have been conducting training on the use of LibreOffice in India. The training involves downloading LibreOffice and practising. We could not have done this with MS Office - how could we afford so many licenses? The number of people we trained are: Writer - 440,000 Calc - 380,000 Impress - 301,000 Base - 230,000 Draw - 106,000 Math - 85,000 One can gather these details from this URL: https://spoken-tutorial.org/statistics/training/ Regards, Kannan On 06/12/21 7:15 pm, Parthasarathy Narasimhan wrote:Hi All, I am a new user of Libreoffice. I am attending an Executive MBA course where the course is being taught using MSXL and the topic is statistics. I see this is one area where the screen input functionality between XL and Libre differs. Like XL shows more parameters on the screen for the student to input while it seems Libre might be defaulting. Just thought of sharing. Regards,Partha On Monday, December 6, 2021, 06:39:52 PM GMT+5:30, James Harking <james.harking@gmail.com> wrote: Hi all, I agree with this for the most part, I think direct comparison are difficult as the applications you can compare directly Word to Writer, Excel to Calc and PowerPoint to Impress is not the totality of Microsoft Office. So there is a significant short coming there. We do have Base and Math although I'm not sure how popular and used these components are. Interoperability is a very important consideration that currently hinders adoption in my humble opinion. Although things have certainly improved. I also think the current user interface is a major downside for many people and a criticism I hear leveled at LibreOffice in almost every discussion on LibreOffice in general. Where we do have the advantage is on the community and freedom aspects that truly separates LibreOffice from its proprietary counterparts. This is the area I would 'evangelise.' Although this might not be a major consideration for some as the Libre aspects might not outweigh the gratis aspect. King regards and greetings to all, James On Mon, 6 Dec 2021, 12:37 Shaun Bharth, <shaunpaulsingh@gmail.com> wrote:Hey hey, Idk but I think "User Stories" might be good to feature. The UX guys probably have done some research already before they generated their personas. This can form the basis of "Who LibreOffice was designed for". I'm not sure if a feature by feature comparison would actually be effective. My understanding is that people are emotional. Most people never use the full feature set of Microsoft Office. They use it because EVERYBODY DOES. My preference is to not compete directly per se with MS Office but as a complement. I think the existing angle is interoperability? That could work in the sense of MS Office at work, LibreOffice at home. "You're chained to the desk all day, why do it at home?" yada yada. Filipe's idea is quite a good one. I don't think Collabora has as much traction as LibreOffice and featuring them does help quite a bit i guess? Thanks! Shaun On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 1:28 AM Filipe Gomes Morgado <fgmzrr@gmail.com> wrote:Hi all, Bearing in mind the topic, I would like to contribute with my opinion, which I think is very important to mention or express the facts: - Open source or FOSS; - LibreOffice runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows, - “While The Document Foundation doesn't currently offer an AndroidoriOS version of LibreOffice, there is a LibreOffice-based product in app stores from Collabora, one of our certified developers and ecosystem members” at: https://www.libreoffice .org/download/android-and-ios/ . ---------------------------------x--------------------------------------- Leaving the topic a bit, but not wanting to overlap the topic, I alsothinkthat a part related to support should be incorporated, or else in another document. Therefore, it should have a kind of table where, in an easy way and not dispersed over several places or web pages, information could be gaugedinterms of support solutions. The numbers and names being just an example, something like: < 5 computers –> we recommend that at least 2 employees take a training/course at https://www.libreoffice.org/ , with the price xx€, or at the partner https://www.udemy.com/topic/libreoffice/ , with the pricexx€.Or see https://www.documentfoundation.org/gethelp/trainers/ , pricedfromxx€ to xx€. 5 – 20 computers –> we recommend that you contact the Collabora partner, with the price xx€. 21 – xx –> Et Cetera … “17€/user per year” in https://www.collaboraoffice.com/subscriptions/ . This would have to involve the collaboration and contribution ofecosystemmembers, and it would have to be very easy to interpret in order to allow for decision making. Entrepreneurs don't mind paying, after all, they already pay for Microsoft Office, what they want is problems solved andnotother problems, such as having to find scattered information. In my opinion, it would be a very useful tool to present the LO, it could have a link on the new - :) - webpage where it could be viewed or downloaded, and in case it was not consulted, it could be sent as an attachment in an email or still delivered by hand after printing, by someone who wants to publicize the LO. It would be - if another document - an *Official* document -e-flyer/flyer-, with translations in several languages, to wake up to a later consultation that the entrepreneur or his collaborator would make in more depth at: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/feedback/ ; /community-support/ ; /professional-support/ , ... Cheers, Filipe. 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