Re: [libreoffice-users] Is 3.5.4 ready for business users?

Hi :)
Smart move!  If more of us tried very early releases, preferably when still at alpha or beta 
testing stages then we could each quickly check that the 'obvious' (but different for each of us) 
things we use.  For those rare flukes where something might not work the way you expect then 
posting a bug-report at that point would be more likely to generate action and fixes.  

Devs are likely to be most interested in solving problems for things they are currently working on. 
 After official release interest is likely to wane at best or just drop-away completely.  Same as 
you & me & any other human beings.  Do you put most work into something that you are currently 
working on or something you ditched last year?  Why would devs be any different?  So the best 
tactic would be to catch them at the point they are most likely to be most keen by testing alpha 
and beta releases before anyone else gets their bug-reports in! ;) 

Of course some devs do make a huge effort to rake back over old and dead stuff but most of the 
focus is likely to be on the new and exciting.  
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
Get ahead of the game!  Unlike non-OpenSource projects you can get your things looked at, if you 
play it right (and have a little luck), even if you don't have any coding skill.  
Regards from
Tom :)  


--- On Sat, 2/6/12, John Sowden <jsowden@americansentry.net> wrote:

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I am a business user.  What issues are you thinking about that might determine if the product is 
"business ready".  I usually wait for a couple of weeks to upgrade until all the dust settles.  I 
don't research the pkg.  I use the same features usually, so I just see how LO works differently 
with the features that I use.

John


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