Re: [libreoffice-users] newer info of what was in a 2014 blog
On 12/06/2017 05:44 PM, toki wrote: On 12/06/2017 04:49 PM, Tim-L wrote: Do you think my checklist should include EuroOffice for Android, and Yes, if they are free and are forks of the original OpenOffice.org. EuroOffice for Android is gratis. Android OpenOffice has a pay-to-remove-advertising option. I never seen an advertisement when using Android OpenOffice. But I do not use it much. I really do not like some of these ad-based free Android apps. They are starting to run LOUD ones when you start them up or close them. I find it is a problem when I am in a public setting and the ad comes on to promote "silly" game apps much louder than my cell phone's ringtone. People who are marketing LibreOffice need an easy to read comparison of each version that run on their systems. Is that a request for a list of the differences between: * The same version of LibO, on different platforms. (BSD, Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome, etc.); * Different versions of LibO. ( 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 6.0 alpha, etc.); I'm in the middle of creating a spreadsheet, that lists the major new features of each version, from roughly OOo 3.0. Currently, I've got a skeleton for OOo, NeoOffice, Oxygen Professional, LibO, EO, and AOo. I think listing LibreOffice runs on all of the OSs it supports. As for the different release versions of LibreOffice, I think maybe there should be some information about why we have a "fresh" line of LO and a "stable" line - i.e. 5.4.3 vs. 5.3.7. list of large companies and government agencies that has switched to LibreOffice over MS Office. Doesn't somebody in marketing maintain a webpage with that information? OTOH, I've come across a couple of organisations that don't want their migration to become public knowledge. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] newer info of what was in a 2014 blog
On 12/06/2017 04:49 PM, Tim-L wrote: >> Do you think my checklist should include EuroOffice for Android, and > Yes, if they are free and are forks of the original OpenOffice.org. EuroOffice for Android is gratis. Android OpenOffice has a pay-to-remove-advertising option. Those are the only two programs for Android that I've found, that can create/edit/save ODF file formats. When I went looking on the iPhone app store, I found a couple of programs that claim to read, and edit ODF file formats, but nothing that can save to that file format. :( ### I had totally forgotten about LibreOffice in the Cloud. Need to compare that with Office 360, and other cloud offerings. > People who are marketing LibreOffice need an easy to read comparison of > each version that run on their systems. Is that a request for a list of the differences between: * The same version of LibO, on different platforms. (BSD, Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome, etc.); * Different versions of LibO. ( 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 6.0 alpha, etc.); I'm in the middle of creating a spreadsheet, that lists the major new features of each version, from roughly OOo 3.0. Currently, I've got a skeleton for OOo, NeoOffice, Oxygen Professional, LibO, EO, and AOo. > One thing that should be listed should be related to what they can do as a > alternative to Windows Office. > I know a lot of people I worked with needed to have it do everything the did > with the version of MS Office This requires an ongoing series of either videos, or 1,500 word documents, stating the operation to be done, what it is called in MSO, what it is called in LibO, and how to do it. > of the people I was dealing with used the current version that was out around > 2013 or 2014. The current version is MSO 2016, or MSO 365, depending upon whether the individual is using the desktop version, or the cloud-based version. I have no idea how to do anything on either of those programs. > If you can show people that LibreOffice, or other forks, are a great > alternative to MS Office. Why one program is better than another program that provides similar functionality, depends upon the specific use case of the user. That said, perhaps with some modifications in one's work routine, a different program would be equal to, or more suitable than the program one currently uses. > Then add to the document what the tech magazine critics think of these forks. > The 2014 blog I've a major problem with current tech reviews. I'm not interested in the eye candy. Bruce is one of the rare exceptions, in that he reviews the steak, and not the sizzle. > list of large companies and government agencies that has switched to > LibreOffice over MS Office. Doesn't somebody in marketing maintain a webpage with that information? OTOH, I've come across a couple of organisations that don't want their migration to become public knowledge. > If they see that these facts, maybe that it would be right for them. > So, any documentation that shows the comparison of these forks That looks like five or six papers on the various versions, and four or five on the migration experience. If I do it, it will start out life as a series of blog posts. >The "why" may be hard to get, In migrating to different software, each organization, and each individual, needs their own why. If the personal why is lacking, customer dissatisfaction increases logarithmically. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] newer info of what was in a 2014 blog
On 12/05/2017 07:43 PM, toki wrote: On 12/05/2017 11:26 PM, Tim-L wrote: Yes, it would be nice to have a good list of differences are, Do you think my checklist should include EuroOffice for Android, and Android OpenOffice? And along those lines, are there any forks/clones of OOo for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod)? jonathon Yes, if they are free and are forks of the original OpenOffice.org. Mac devices and iOS ones should be listed as well. Since LibreOffice is not on iOS or Android, yet, we need to have the free forks on the list. People who are marketing LibreOffice need an easy to read comparison of each version that run on their systems. I do not use Mac, but I do have LibreOffice on Ubuntu 16.04LTS and Windows 10. I started using LO in 2010, or thereabout. I was using Ubuntu 9.10 or 10.04 and Windows XP at that time. Back then OOo had no updates for a long a long time. It seems Apache's OOo is in the same boat. It would have been nice to have a good, and easily read, back then. When I switched to LibreOffice, I had a difficult time convincing people who was using OOo that LO was the way to go. I think I tried EuroOffice and other forks the was putting out updates before I tried LibreOffice. One thing that should be listed should be related to what they can do as a alternative to Windows Office. I know a lot of people I worked with needed to have it do everything the did with the version of MS Office they were using. The last MS Office I used was the 2003 version. Most of the people I was dealing with used the current version that was out around 2013 or 2014. If you can show people that LibreOffice, or other forks, are a great alternative to MS Office. Since each fork that runs on Windows do not include all the same functions or abilities, having a side by side comparison helps everyone. Then add to the document what the tech magazine critics think of these forks. The 2014 blog put forth the ideas that LibreOffice did a lot of work to the code to reduce its side and still made it better. Add the list of large companies and government agencies that has switched to LibreOffice over MS Office. If they see that these facts, maybe that it would be right for them. So, any documentation that shows the comparison of these forks, AND what the critics and large companies/organizations/agencies have to say about which ones they use and why. The "why" may be hard to get, but they did switched away from MS's products for the free and open source office suites. That might be enough. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] newer info of what was in a 2014 blog
On 12/05/2017 11:26 PM, Tim-L wrote: > Yes, it would be nice to have a good list of differences are, Do you think my checklist should include EuroOffice for Android, and Android OpenOffice? And along those lines, are there any forks/clones of OOo for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod)? jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] newer info of what was in a 2014 blog
On 12/05/2017 12:06 PM, toki wrote: On 12/05/2017 03:32 PM, Tim-L wrote: That is the type of information we could use. IMNSHO, comparisons with EuroOffice and NeoOffice on the desktop, and EuroOffice and Android OpenOffice on the Android Platform would be be equally useful. That said, I'd rather see articles on functional differences that affect users. I'm slowly creating a list of features in the various versions of the programs, for a checklist to use as a feature comparison tool. jonathon I use LibreOffice for Windows and Ubuntu. I use Android OpenOffice on my tablets. Once LO has and working editor, then I will switch. Yes, it would be nice to have a good list of differences are, but it does help for marketing if you let people know that LO is "working harder" to fix any bugs that come up and is constantly making the suite better and not waiting 3 to 6 months for the bug fixes and new/better features. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] newer info of what was in a 2014 blog
On 12/05/2017 03:32 PM, Tim-L wrote: > That is the type of information we could use. IMNSHO, comparisons with EuroOffice and NeoOffice on the desktop, and EuroOffice and Android OpenOffice on the Android Platform would be be equally useful. That said, I'd rather see articles on functional differences that affect users. I'm slowly creating a list of features in the various versions of the programs, for a checklist to use as a feature comparison tool. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] newer info of what was in a 2014 blog
That is the type of information we could use. OOo was in limbo when LO started up. Then Apache bought it and looked like there would be movement for competing with LO. Now, as you saw, it is back in limbo. On 12/04/2017 08:42 PM, toki wrote: On 12/05/2017 01:02 AM, Tim-L wrote: There is a lot more info in that post, beyond the small quoted text - 4.2.5 listed as the current version - but is there any newer info about the information stated in that post? Not really. AOo is still looking for developers. AOo still has troubling releases updates that patch critical security flaws. Since it compared LibreOffice and Apache's OpenOffice.org, it would be nice to be able to give comparison info between these two free office suites. AOo is in the nether space, where it is neither completely dead, nor completely alive. Basically, I don't see that situation changing, until either IBM, or another three letter agency decides that AOo needs to be updated, and throws a plethora of paid developers at it. Three letter agencies outside of the Five Eyes, are going to throw their resources at LibO, if only because it is easier to upgrade LibO to something that is secure (^1), than AOo. ^1: Secure here does not refer to malware exploits, but rather, the ability of the software to minimize/prevent unintended leakage of data to unauthorised third parties. BAILS is simply phase one, in addressing that threat-model. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] newer info of what was in a 2014 blog
On 12/05/2017 01:02 AM, Tim-L wrote: > There is a lot more info in that post, beyond the small quoted text - > 4.2.5 listed as the current version - but is there any newer info about > the information stated in that post? Not really. AOo is still looking for developers. AOo still has troubling releases updates that patch critical security flaws. > Since it compared LibreOffice and Apache's OpenOffice.org, it would be > nice to be able to give comparison info between these two free office suites. AOo is in the nether space, where it is neither completely dead, nor completely alive. Basically, I don't see that situation changing, until either IBM, or another three letter agency decides that AOo needs to be updated, and throws a plethora of paid developers at it. Three letter agencies outside of the Five Eyes, are going to throw their resources at LibO, if only because it is easier to upgrade LibO to something that is secure (^1), than AOo. ^1: Secure here does not refer to malware exploits, but rather, the ability of the software to minimize/prevent unintended leakage of data to unauthorised third parties. BAILS is simply phase one, in addressing that threat-model. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] newer info of what was in a 2014 blog
I was looking at some old posts and came across this one - below. There is a lot more info in that post, beyond the small quoted text - 4.2.5 listed as the current version - but is there any newer info about the information stated in that post? Since it compared LibreOffice and Apache's OpenOffice.org, it would be nice to be able to give comparison info between these two free office suites. Since my Nephew told me last week, that he told a coworker about OOo, thinking I was using it instead of LO and it was "better" than LO. Since I have been using LO for about 7 years now [if I remember correctly], I do not know where he got the info I was no using LO. So, if some people could read the old blog and get the updated figures, it would help. I do like the second paragraph I quoted. That is one of the things that I love about how well our developers we even back then. "Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog" Oct 25, 2014 GMT http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/LibreOffice-and-OpenOffice-comparing-the-community-health quote: Not only does OpenOffice appear to have lost two-thirds of its coding contributors, but its current contributors are outnumbered nearly eight times by LibreOffice's. Since OpenOffice does not have any localization, art work, or usability accomplishments that exceed LibreOffice's, the situation can be presumed to be no better among non-coders. Yet for me, the most telling difference is in the lines of code. Both projects grew from OpenOffice.org (and zealots can be found to claim that both are the so-called true successor). But, despite this common source, LibreOffice is listed as having 7.2 million lines of code, while OpenOffice is listed as having 11.2 million lines. In other words, LibreOffice has not only managed to release a steady series of new releases, each with incremental changes in the features and the interface, but also to remove over 35% of the code while doing so. More than any other, the implications of this single statistic shows the relative health of LibreOffice and OpenOffice. end-quote: -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
