On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Hagar Delest <delest.ha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So basically, what is the user base? Who should AOO focus on? For a > company I doubt the price of MS Office is really a problem (they negotiate > fees for sure). Since documents are mostly shared in .docx/.xlsx formats, > why bother with applications like AOO/LO that are not fully compatible? Is > there any big player willing to invest in something to compete with MS > Office to avoid buying it? Doesn't seem very likely Why bother? because we don't want in the future .docy/.xlsy and then .docz/.xlsz ... How do you know there is no big player willing to invest? > So AOO is left with households, perhaps very very small companies and > education sector. I think that AOO should be the simple choice for schools. > It should offer the peace of mind with no license issue, no need of a > package full of features not really needed but sold efficiently by MS. No > need of permanent internet access, just install it locally. > It should say: here is a rock solid application that can prepare > pupils/student to office software. It is not MS Office but there are enough > similarities to make it a good tool to learn. Like your driving license: > you learn on a car but you can buy something (very) different. You just > have to adapt. > If there is something to make clear, it is the effort needed to adapt from > AOO to MS Office. I'm not saying it should be a clone but just make the > transition as smooth as possible, user point of view. > > If you think little of AOO - it will be little... > > Hagar > PS: can't bear teachers asking my kids to provide homeworks in .docx/.xlsx. > > Instead of complaining, why not change that? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
