On 09/14/2015 03:18 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
> Hello;
>
> This may sound controversial, and is indeed just IMHO, but I am afraid
> that the general Office-suite marketplace is stuck and people shouldn't
> expect much more from it.
I don't find this controversial at all. It sounds rather accurate to me.
>
> Basically I find myself repeating the idea of the 90's where the version
> of the "brand-labelled-Office-suite-you-are-using" doesn't
> matter much as long as they all have basically the same functionality.
>
> Every time I see some discussion about OpenOffice vs LibreOffice, the
> subject somehow ends up in the MS ribbon-bar and if someone is going to
> implement it or not. We won't do it, and I doubt that LibreOffice will.
> Neither project (on their own or even together) has the resources or
> interest in running such experiments so perhaps it's time to realize
> that the AOO sidebar is the highest UI point in the history of
> OpenOffice derivatives and that nothing new is going to come.
>
> Beyond the UI, most changes that can be done have very little
> visibility: there are other minor changes that can be done but we
> will be focusing on stability and bug fixes. Apache OpenOffice will
> continue being the OpenOffice product that people came to love/hate and
> are used to.
>
> If you look at the commercial alternatives, they already moved away from
> the UI wars and are now focused on the mobile/cloud markets. For AOO
> this has implications: one one hand we don't have the type of resources
> to offer cloud services and complete with existing alternatives. On the
> other hand, the Apache licensing is perfect for someone wanting to do
> exactly that.
>
> My personal opinion is that AOO has a bright future if we play our
> cards right, but it will probably not be what some people expect.
>
> Again all just IMHO,
>
> Pedro.
Thanks for your perspectives. I'm optimistic that once we get 4.1.2 out,
we can refocus on new ideas. And, I imagine there are quite a number of
them out there.
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