Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: helping Users and LibreOffice - proposal

On Saturday, June 11, 2011 04:55:12 AM Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> Pedro i have to disagree with one of your points although i almost
> entirely agree with the rest.  The 3.4.0 HAD to be released when it
> was even tho it wasn't ready (as we have seen from the jump in weird
> problems posted to the users list).
>
>
> Oracle were playing tactical games, rushing out their 1st release
> since their 3.3.0 and calling it 3.4.0.  LibreOffice has had 2 clear
> releases since their 3.3.0 (the 3.3.1 and the 3.3.2) and were
> working on the 3rd, due at the time to be called 3.3.4.  Some
> segments of the press were hailing LibreOffice as much faster
> developing than OOo because LO's 3.3.0 released the day before OOo's
> 3.3.0.  BUT by calling their first release since then the "3.4.0"
> the public & media's perception would be that Oracle had
> leap-frogged over LO and regained the lead. (even tho it contained
> less work and less added functionality than the 3.3.1 (or even than
> the LO 3.3.0!)).
Tom have to disagree with coming out with a new version just to get it 
out because a competior did something. In my 40+ years in the It field I 
saw many companies do this and lose their reputation for good quality 
products. ( Xerox, Data General, Digital Equipment all gone from making 
main frames, mini's and other computer related products).

My thoughts are come out with a good quality product when its ready. 
This does not mean wait forever, but get rid of themajor issues, add 
functionality, test and then release. (Calc is good example ,in my mind, 
of a product with problems, also some in writer when dealing with docx). 
I'm trying to document and bug report the ones I see, but some are 
documents I cannot attach because of the information they contain). 

I will be glad to test 3.4.0 but I need to keep 3.3.2 running due to 
monthly commitments. I hope to load opensuse 12.0 this week and then 
3.4.0 with it to test.

Russ

openSUSE 11.4(2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop)|KDE Platform Version 4.6.3 (4.6.3) 
"release 4"|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-
Linux-x86_64-270.41.06)

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