Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the Apache OpenOffice Project

Hi :)
Some of the OOo devs are paid to work were they are told to work.  Some just 
haven't made the move yet.  Some might be halfway through working on things and 
don't want to switch systems halfway through.  Competition encourages people to 
be better than the other team.  It's good to have something at our level worth 
competing with even if that only in a friendly way.
Regards from
Tom :)




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From: Paul W <pawitko@gmail.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Mon, 18 July, 2011 1:18:14
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to the 
Apache OpenOffice Project

Why don't all the OOo devs just come to TDF? I mean isn't this further
splitting up the community? What I want to see is a single powerful office
suite to kill Microsoft. I want to see them buried. I want to see a free,
open product that is perfect in it's seamlessness, transparency and ease of
use. I hope LO is the one to do it. We need to kick some ass!


On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 6:06 PM, John B <johnb@email2.me> wrote:

> Hi
>
> As a disgruntled Lotus Smart Suite user, abandoned by IBM as are the Lotus
> Amipro users, I am well aware of the link between Symphony & OOo, as one
> reduced its support for LSS, so did the other one. In fact IBM have now
> turned its back permanently on LSS and not so surprisingly in Windows so has
> OOo;  with still thousands and thousands of requests (pleads) for IBM not to
> do so (there is one request for compatibility - requested some 15,000
> times). Whilst at the same time, LO increases its support - all praise to LO
>
> I understand from reading the on-line guessing politics that IBM will at
> some point bring out a Paid for version,  to link into Lotus Notes, so is
> this the "Price" OOo have had to pay to get IBM's blue interface:-  the
> "cost" of not being LSS compatible - Hold this space!
>
> Beside, IBM's Symphony hardly stood as an "office suit" with only 3
> programs - and it was far to buggy for me.
>
> I am very happy for LO to stay on course.
>
> regards
>
> John B
>
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> On 17/07/2011 22:01, Tom Davies wrote:
>
> > Hi :)
> > My emails are just my own opinion.  I'm not even a proper member yet!
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ______________________________**__
> > From: Andy Brown<andy@the-martin-byrd.net**>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Sun, 17 July, 2011 20:23:30
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Source Code to
> > the
> > Apache OpenOffice Project
> >
> > Luuk wrote:
> >
> > > http://www-03.ibm.com/**software/lotus/symphony/buzz.**
> > > nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?open&**unid=**955E9C0EC712EC47852578CD0063A2**
> > > 09&category=announcements<http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/buzz.nsf/web_DisPlayPlugin?open&unid=955E9C0EC712EC47852578CD0063A209&category=announcements>
> > > >
> > > s
> > >
> > > Is it time for the LO-developers to get back with OpenOffice too ?
> > >
> > >  In a word, no.
>
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