Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: 64 bit

And there's also the Open Source Answer:  if users think that such a 
project would be worthwhile they can band together, take the code, and 
try to port it themselves.

On 11/8/2013 1:41 PM, Joel Madero wrote:
> Clearly the point didn't come across as I hoped. What I'm saying is 
> that our resources are stretched incredibly thin and IMHO this is a 
> waste of time expending so much energy discussing the potential 
> benefits when we have 5,000 or so open bugs that need addressed, 
> probably at least a couple thousand of which are much more important 
> than a 64 bit version on Windows. That being said, if you want to 
> continue listing all the reasons why we need one to anyone who will 
> listen - feel free to do so, I just personally don't think it's very 
> productive or conducive to the best LibreOffice experience. I would 
> hope that some people who have taken so long listing all the great 
> benefits of 64 bit would spend an equal amount of time triaging the 
> 1,200 bugs that are currently UNCONFIRMED and need testers - the # of 
> Windows bugs in particular in that state is disturbing as most users 
> are Windows users.
>
>
> All the best,
> Joel
>
> On 11/08/2013 12:27 PM, Pedro wrote:
> > jmadero wrote
> > > No offense at all, I encourage open conversation but I tend to see a 
> > > one
> > > side conversation "THERE SHOULD BE A 64 BIT FLYING LIBREOFFICE THAT CAN
> > > BAKE ME A CAKE AND CALCULATE A QUADRILLION FORMULAS IN 0.0000001 
> > > SECONDS
> > > USING ALL 16 OF MY CORES!" - without the other side of the equation -
> > > "such a product would be incredibly costly and there are thousands of
> > > much more important things to get done that will benefit a lot more
> > > users."
> > So, having a 64bit Linux version is Ok, creating a 64bit version for 
> > MacOS
> > (starting in LO 4.2) is Ok, but asking for a 64bit Windows build is
> > selfish...
> >
> > Interesting. Us Windows users should be ashamed of ourselves...
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > View this message in context: 
> > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/64-bit-tp4081444p4082136.html
> > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.


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