Re: [libreoffice-website] new main homepage and Proprietary software, recognizable iMac

Hi Marco,

We all share your concern (at least to some extent). The topic has 
already been discussed: please, read the thread in the archives
http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/msg09996.html

The remaining Apple screens are also about to be replaced.

Cheers,
Camille





Le 25/02/2013 17:23, Marco Menardi a écrit :
> Hi, I'm a Free software activist and a LibreOffice contributor in term 
> of QA, bug report, "spread the world" since day 1.
> I don't speak "non technical" English good enough, so forgive me if I 
> could sound "harsh" sometime but is due to the limitation of my 
> vocabulary and grammar.
> Like you, I'm aware that our *goal* is not having people to use LiBo 
> as a cheap alternative of M$Office (and so use our time, effort and 
> dedication just to save money...), but people that care about their 
> freedom and so use LiBo as a consequence. Is not an opposition of two 
> "products", but two way of thinking the future, the freedom, the society.
> You also know for sure that one of the most "enslavery" and against 
> Freedom firm is Apple, that produces devices strictly chained with 
> their proprietary software. When you see an apple iDevice, you 
> immediately recognize an ecosystem, a brand, and that "philosophy".
> I'm writing here because I was really shocked when I saw the new home 
> page showing an iMac (http://www.apple.com/imac/ for a quick 
> comparison). It's not like showing a Dell or an HP monitor that is 
> "just hardware", showing an iMac is not showing a "neutral" hardware, 
> but enforcing and share an Apple proprietary vision of the world.
> So I'm asking the designer of the site do replace the recognizable 
> iMac images with generic ones, because I consider promoting Apple 
> products a big damage to our cause and to the community.
> When I explain people about the difference among LibreOffice and 
> M$Office, I value a lot the freedom part, because is the only 
> unbeatable point Libo has against it (price is not a big issue, they 
> have M$Office pre-installed/cracked/took on big discount for 
> schools/students, etc).
> I point out how M$ and Apple need to chain you to their products and 
> file formats, while LiBo is all the contrary.
> But now if I point them to LiBo home all my arguments miserably fall 
> "see, also LiBo people show Apple products, so they also think is 
> great and all that crap you told me about freedom is pointless".
> If today M$ will produce a very recognizable model of PC, would we use 
> it on our home as well?
> One thing is have a program that runs ALSO on proprietary OS, one is 
> put "THE proprietary brand" on our home.
> LibreOffice is one of the most important Free software project, so has 
> the moral duty to do the right things.
> My favorite example is a site that promotes genuine biological food, 
> and their web designer found that putting a succulent Cheesburgher 
> icon on the home is a good idea. I do really thing that all volunteers 
> that work hard to make the message of "genuine food" spread are hurt.
> I think that using a neutral image of a simple device like a monitor 
> is a little effort for our beloved web designers, but will remove the 
> hurt to our values and believes.
> Thanks a lot for the attention
> Marco Menardi


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