Re: [libreoffice-users] odf purists mailing list request

HI

On Sat, 2011-09-10 at 12:37 -0400, Tim Deaton wrote: 

> On 9/9/2011 3:48 PM, e-letter wrote:
> > Readers,
> >
> > Analogous to the creation of LO, it is time to consider an "odf
> > purists" mailing list for users such as yours truly who are tired of
> > the m$ groupies yearning for a free m$ clone.
> >
> > Is there a formal procedure to request for the creation of a new
> > mailing list, with the provisional intention as dedicated solely and
> > exclusively to native odf behaviour for LO?
> I might be wrong, but I think you'd be rather lonely.  I don't think 
> OO/LO combined have enough market share for that.
>
> Personally, I want LO to be able to do everything MS Office 97 did, and 
> mostly the way MS Office 97 did it - but that works well on current 
> operating systems.  Partly because that's what I'm used to, and partly 
> because in my opinion that was an excellent product.  It did what it did 
> better than anything since, and it contained all the functionality that 
> 90%+ of us will ever use.  If LO approaches the same ease-of-use, it 
> will take HUGE market-share from Microsoft.
>
> Thanks,
> -- Tim

Most users of LO or MS Office probably do not routinely use more than
half the features available in a given part and often do not use all the
pieces equally. For example, I rarely use Impress or Powerpoint but use
Calc extensively. The only problem is what combination of features will
cover 90% of all the users' needs. 


-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com

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