Simon Phipps wrote:
On 23 Jun 2011, at 23:32, Marc Paré wrote:
I think it was mentioned that there were at one point over 100
million LibreOffice/OOo users. If we were to develop our own
"LibreOffice Reader" we would already have 100 million potential
users for our product. Not only that, the LibreOffice Reader would
be compatible with the LibreOffice suite and possibly code. This
would give the LibO Reader a good start.
ODF and PDF are actually complementary. One is a format for editable
documents, the other is a format for final-form documents. I suggest
that the best path forward would be to seek a single, lightweight,
cross-platform reader for both formats. That would address by far the
largest opportunity.
S.
IIRC Adobe Reader has bloated over the last couple of years from a
very lean program for reading PDF files to something very huge. Also
the auto update updates versions all too frequently.
I can't see a reason for which we could not create a competitive product
that does not align itself with Adobre Reader. Our user base will create
enough initial impetus to create a need as well as create buzz over the
software.
Cheers
Marc
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