Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?

On 11/21/2012 09:04 AM, Pertti Rönnberg wrote:
> On 21.11.2012 12:11, Mirosław Zalewski wrote:
> > On 21/11/2012 at 03:13, rost52 <bugquestcontri@online.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Both aspects together is a chance for LibO and AOO. I am looking 
> > > forward to
> > > the announcement that both teams tie up, slow down the development 
> > > of new
> > > features and substantially reduce the bugs.
> > This is very unlikely.
> >
> > As I read LO new features announcements, I see that most of these are 
> > made
> > with MSO compatibility in mind. Saying "LO devs should stop 
> > developing new
> > features" sounds like "LO devs should stop caring about MSO 
> > compatibility",
> > which is contrary to many users expectations.
> Dear Miroslaw & other LibO folks,
> I do absolutely not agree: I cannot see that anyone on this list 
> should have said that "LO devs should stop developing new features"!
> But at least me - repeatedly since January - and some others too have 
> claimed that the LO devs should "stop stop developing new features 
> until there is a certain LibO-version that is completely free of bugs 
> and misfunctions" (and from that version on continue developing what 
> ever).
>
> With such a version free of bugs and any kind of problems the people 
> in Freiburg should never have even discussed the possibility to skip 
> OO/LibO.
> No one - not in Freiburg or in other places, in companies or in 
> private - can afford to waste time and energy playing with a program 
> that does not work, no matter if caused by bugs or no-working 
> functions or bad instructions.
> Better then to get the works done by paying some money to MS - in the 
> long run it is cheaper.
> I think that is obvious.
> regards
> Pertti Rönnberg
From what I understand of the Freiburg problem is that it is a 
combination of many different versions of OO and MSO being used side by 
side and a poorly planned migration. Migrating from one package to 
another can be messy particularly if it is not properly planned. Often 
there are subtle differences that must be accounted and planned for. 
Plus sometimes people will completely skip any user orientation/training 
believing it unnecessary when even a few minutes of orientation may 
solve many problems. This is true of LO/MSO but of other migrations say 
MS SQL Server to MySQL.

--
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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