On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 13-04-09, at 19:57 , Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > >> ] > >> What's wrong with being "self-serving and biased" when we a) have good > >> reason for being that way, i.e., empirically grounded and logically > backed > >> argument (so, in fact, it's not really biased at all, and if it is > >> perceived as such, then it is still in our interest to make public why > we > >> believe what we believe and do what we do), and b) as Kay points out, > >> taking the high road doesn't mean that others won't take the low. > >> > >> > > I'm not making a moral judgement. I'm a blogger after all, so > self-serving > > and biased is something I'm intimately familiar with ;-) I'm just saying > > that users who care enough to want a comparison chart would probably be > > savvy enough to know that one that we provided, no matter how well > > intentioned, is not to be trusted. > > > > Look at the LibreOffice one for an example of the kinds of games that can > > be played. They list the minutia of features that no users actually care > > about, when that is a checkmark in their column, while ignoring the huge > > features that MS Office has that they lack. That kind of comparison > > doesn't really serve the user well, and I think we, as a non-profit, > should > > avoid that kind of spin. Of course, if you have in mind a different kind > > of comparison, one more grounded in reality, then I'm all ears. > > > > Regards, > > > > -Rob > > … thinking further on this, I suppose one thing I'd rather (or like to) > have is not a feature (or bug) comparison but rather a chart that can show > how and where community can intervene on their own behalf. > > My reading of AOO is that seldom do enterprise users (ore even > individuals) look to such comparisons in shopping around. A user, like an > accountant or artist or novelist or student, or etc., might look to see if > the suite has a particular feature and buy it for that reason (or download > it for free). But probably the majority don't do that. Enterprise purchases > are made using different criteria. > > But what is really a differentiator, I'd like to believe, is the fact that > because AOO is open source and has a welcoming community plus an active > developer base, users can shape the suite to suit their ends. > > louis > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > Mostly I was suggesting a chart like this because it's a quick way for users/prospective users to ascertain functional features, that's all. e.g. Well I'm doing X now in MS Office, can I do the same thing in AOO? I have seen many articles like this, and a few comparison charts, but not very comprehensive, and rather old -- OO.o 2.x etc. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Achieving happiness requires the right combination of Zen and Zin."
