Re: R: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Ideas wanted for "How we're different" part of new LibreOffice website

I think you need to be realistic here, if you are going to continue to use
Microsoft Teams for video conferencing you would use the rest of the
package also, correct me if wrong but there would be no cost benefit for a
business to not using Microsoft Office then?

While I appreciate your desire to not use proprietary software I think you
are in a small minority that has that viewpoint and importantly freedom of
choice to apply that decision. Most end users will have to use the software
that is supplied to them in their workplace.

Regarding additional application software that fills a missing 'void' that
LibreOffice does not currently cater for I am talking about strategic
partnerships to grow the whole ecosystem.

This will benefit LibreOffice considerably and the 'partner' software
vendors. And will reach your end goal quicker of more FLOSS desktop
application usage.

Kind regards



On Thu, 30 Dec 2021, 21:25 Ravi Dwivedi, <ravi@ravidwivedi.in> wrote:

> On 30/12/21 8:06 pm, James Harking wrote:
> >   Hi Sophie,
> >
> > What I'm trying to 'tease' out is that LibreOffice in its current form
> can
> > not be a replacement for Microsoft Office, but clearly it is central to
> > this. As an example I have never heard of Blue Mind.
>
> I disagree. In case of video conferencing software, for example, you do
> not even need to switch. Let's say you were using Microsoft teams to
> have video meetings, but I won't attend a meeting on a
> nonfree/proprietary software. So, for a meeting with me, you can just
> send a meeting from a Jitsi/BigBlueButton server. The case of
> video/emails is not locked-in as WhatsApp type of chat app is. In
> WhatsApp, you uninstall the app and you loose all your contacts. The
> same is not true for video calls.
>
> LibreOffice is a replacement of MS Office, in my opinion. We don't have
> to integrate everything into LibreOffice. They can be used as separate
> too. The freedom part is what we have to realize is the biggest feature
> of LibreOffice is, above all. If we value our freedom, then MS Office is
> not even an option.
>
> > Currently to replace the totality of Microsoft Office 365 takes around 5
> or
> > 6 applications I suspect which is a difficult ask given that you can go
> to
> > one provider for a solution but if there is a recommended migration path
> > using a number of 'partner' projects then it is an easier sell.
>
> I disagree. How much time it takes for you to create an account on
> another mail server? If you are a company, then usually you can set up
> your own mail server too. As explained above, you can get rid of
> Microsoft Teams in your next video meeting as well. Just share the URL
> which is not from Microsoft teams. The same won't be true for vendor
> lock-in software like WhatsApp/Signal as explained above.
>
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