Re: [libreoffice-users] Nitpicking on a name

I'd always seen "LO" as being simply an abbreviation for "LibreOffice" 
in the same way that "OOo" was an abbreviation of "OpenOffice.org". I'd 
never associated it with any suggestion that LibreOffice is lo(w) quality.

As for MS, a single acronym can have many different meanings. It's one 
of the problems with using them out of context (TLAs - that's Two/Three 
Letter Acronyms, not Texas Library Association - are particularly overused).

The financial papers may well abbreviate Microsoft in one way, but 
that's not to say it's the only way. From a quick look, MSFT is used as 
an abbreviation for Microsoft, at least on NASDAQ - where MS is also 
used, but for Morgan Stanley.

MS is a common abbreviation for Microsoft (yes, and Multiple Sclerosis, 
and many other things). http://www.acronymfinder.com/MS.html lists 230 
meanings for "MS", the first of which is Microsoft. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS also lists several possible meanings for 
MS, again including Microsoft.

So MS has a different assumed meaning depending on the context. If 
you're talking about computer software, MS may mean Microsoft, if you're 
talking about finance it may mean Morgan Stanley, or if you're talking 
about medical conditions it may be Multiple Sclerosis. Nothing to say 
any of those uses are an offence to any other.

Mark.


anne-ology wrote:
>         "silly is as silly does" this is not;
>              rather inane, bordering on insane  ;-)
>
>         OpenOffice was referred to as OO ...
>             LibreOffice was an offshoot of this thus LO.
>
>         [and yes, I have used this program since the days of OO.]
>
>         BTW - Microsoft is properly abbreviated as MsFt -
>            check any financial paper if you disbelieve.
>
>         MS stands for Multiple Sclerosis; which is a crippling disease which
> some folks have -
>            [and yes, I know some who do have this disease]
>           therefore to use this acronym for other things seems to be a slap
> in the face to these disabled folks.
>
>
>
> From: Charles-H. Schulz <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org>
> Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 2:19 AM
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Nitpicking on a name
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I apologize as what I am writing about might seem like a detail to many,
> but I think it hurts a bit the project in the end to leave these things as
> they are.
>
> On this list (a few others as well but esp. On this one) people call
> LibreOffice "LO". We -sorry to take on my founder's hat here- never called
> LibreOffice LO.
>
> Historically the people who did were long time OpenOffice.org users who
> were a bit skeptical of us at first and who felt necessary to
> "format"LibreOffice in a way they thought was easier.
>
> Now you will tell me that it is easier to type LO than it is with
> LibreOffice. Perhaps. But everyone here writes MS Office...
>
> Anyway the point I am trying to make is that LO does not mean anything and
> sends the wrong message. We are not "low" , we are not "hello", we are
> libre people. Ans when I say we I lean everyone here.
>
> Thanks!
> Charles.

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