> Rod Engelsman wrote: > > I would like to start a friendly philosophical disussion. Today our > > friend Daniel Carrera posted a reply to an OP on the discuss list: > > > > > >> When is openoffice going to have a calendar function, similar to > >> that in Outlook. [?] > > > > Daniel: "A calendar function does not belong in an office suite. > > Despite what Microsoft might want you to believe, calendars, PIM, > > email etc are communication tools, not document creation tools. If > > you need a calendar, PIM, email, etc, I hope you will consider using > > Mozilla Thunderbird." > > I read the thread and didn't have any specific comments, but I had a > few overall thoughts. > > What would be so bad if we were an overall office suite, payroll and > all. I agree that is unnecessary, but what is the harm, if it could > work. > > More realistically, why would it be /bad/ to include Mozilla with OOo? > It seems, that if we could get it integrated, that it would only be > good. > > I don't know that we should, I see Daniel's distinctions and I think > that they make sense. I don't know why we would want to have an > integrated product either. I understand grouping them on one CD, but I > would pose this question: > > "What functionality do we currently not have that merging OOo and > Mozilla would provide us?" > > --
I do not buy that new gizmo, an alarm clock, digital clock, radio, telephone, intercom, digital recorder etc. Why? too many things in one box. If one goes, then the whole box is useless. If the main idea is documentation then OOo is stretching it now as far as I am concerned, with the presentations thing. That is not documenting but presenting. or maybe communicating. But on the otherhand, a calendar is both documenting and communicating. There are a few people, myself included believe that OOo is very large at present, why add more to it? The extra could be another suite, maybe MTb or maybe OO. Just some thoughts Chris
