[libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] The Document Foundation announces the results of the Android Tender

Hi :)
More good news for LibreOffice on Android. :))  I like the paragraph;
"
To confirm the interest for LibreOffice on Android, the Viewer -
although still a Beta - has already been downloaded by tens of thousands
of users in just a week, and reviewed by hundreds of websites.
"

I still haven't got an Android myself so i haven't been able to try
it.  Has anyone here been able to try it out yet?
Regards from
Tom :)





On 27 January 2015 at 09:54, Italo Vignoli <italo@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> Berlin, January 27, 2015 - Following the successful release of the
> LibreOffice Viewer (Beta), The Document Foundation announces the results
> of the Android tender - http://tdf.io/tender - today. The tender aims at
> developing the technical framework that will ultimately power
> LibreOffice for Android, including the document editor. This tender is
> one more step towards a compelling, elegant and full-featured experience
> of LibreOffice on Android.
>
> "We have received a large number of requests for LibreOffice on Android,
> but at the same time we have realized that without a solid base
> framework it would have been extremely difficult for the ecosystem to
> develop a full fledged application for that platform," comments Thorsten
> Behrens, TDF Chairman. "With the other members of the BoD, we have then
> decided to use a portion of the money coming from donations to fund the
> development of such a framework. This represents an innovative way to
> spend donations money, and respects the will of the people who have
> donated to fund an Android application. We invite our happy users to
> keep on their support with donations."
>
> To confirm the interest for LibreOffice on Android, the Viewer -
> although still a Beta - has already been downloaded by tens of thousands
> of users in just a week, and reviewed by hundreds of websites.
>
> Three work packages, out of the four included in the tender, have been
> assigned as follows: (1) infrastructure and (2) selections to Collabora,
> (4) cloud storage and e-mail to Igalia [details of the work packages are
> available on the tender page]. Results are expected during the month of
> March 2015.
>
> "The tender process has been a completely new experience for the Board
> of Directors and for myself", says Florian Effenberger, Executive
> Director of The Document Foundation. "The most challenging part has been
> to create the format of the tender according to the principles set in
> our statutes, to set an even ground of competition for all the
> participants. Once again, we have set a new ground for free software
> foundations, by investing in the development of a framework, to foster
> the development of a full fledged LibreOffice for Android. I would like
> to take this opportunity to thank all the companies who have sent their
> proposals, including those who have not been selected."
>
> The Document Foundation will be making the work available as a series of
> Beta builds over time which will incrementally add more powerful editing
> capabilities. Users are encouraged to download and play with the
> application, and provide their feedback to help improve the quality of
> the software.
>
> The Document Foundation is grateful to all donors for their ongoing
> support of the project, through the donations page at:
> http://donate.libreoffice.org.
>
> Short link to blog post: http://wp.me/p1byPE-x2.
>
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