Hi :) Actually a mainstream press article might lead with a heading such as "Which module is best" and then make dumb remarks such as "Writer doesn't handle pivot tables quite so well as Calc so therefore Calc is the best". Such an article would carefully avoid pointing out that each module is the best for a specific set of purposes.
We see many articles weighing up "which is best" distro or "which is best" OpenOffice or LibreOffice (or google-docs or Abiword&Gnumeric, AndrOffice). The aim usually seems to be to suggest that it is possible to make a wrong choice that becomes irrevocable. Virgil neatly dodged that sort of idiocy. Making these tools seem fragmented rather than all part of the same eco-system and able to fully co-operate with each other plays into the hands of proprietary giants that dominate markets and squish all opposition. Having a more open market means people can choose tools that suit a specific set of circumstances and still work with others who may have made different choices. Regards from Tom :) On 13 May 2014 12:48, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi :) > It's just a "just for fun" survey of what people think they use. > > The modules can't be split up and removing any wouldn't reduce the > code=base by much at all so the usual sinister hidden-agendas behind this > sort of question are entirely absent. It's just for fun. > > For a lot of us this sort of thing is very difficult because answering > would require us have really measured usage and give accurate answers > rather than guesses. It's the type of question that neurotypicals and > mainstream-press articles seem to enjoy but that are ultimately fairly > pointless. It's just for fun and it's interesting to see people's > estimates of what they do and to see how they handle giving answers to this > sort of thing. > http://musingsofanaspie.com/2013/01/10/what-is-neurotypical/ > > If we wanted a formal vote then there are various tools such as "Survey > Monkey", or we could set-up something in LinuxQuestions.Org" or "Ask LO" or > somewhere. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > On 13 May 2014 06:06, Tom Cloyd <tomcloydm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 05/11/2014 03:53 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: >> >>> I'm curious to find out what components of LO are used most by the >>> people on this list. I think it helps to know different folks' area of >>> experience. It might also help us in learning new ways to integrate >>> the different components. For myself, my approximate usage is: >>> >>> Writer (85% of my use of LO) >>> Calc (10%) >>> Impress (3%, Maybe four to five presentations a year) >>> Base (once a year to print out labels for my Christmas cards) >>> Draw (What's that?) >>> >>> Virgil >>> >>> >>> >>> Virgil, >> >> I have a considerable background in inferential statistics, and have done >> formal survey research, in a variety of social and cultural contexts. I >> want to warn you that this sort of self-select, opt-in survey is NOT the >> way to go, if your question is serious. >> >> You ARE only going to get a subset (sample) of your population of >> interest, and you'll have no way to relate that subset to the population, >> thus no way to draw any valid conclusions from the subset. It's >> pseudo-research, which creates the impression of creating knowledge without >> actually doing so. >> >> Just something for you, and others, to think about. >> >> Hope it's helpful. >> >> Tom >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Tom Cloyd, MS MA (LMHC, WA State) >> Cedar City / St. George, UT, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332 >> * << t...@tomcloyd.com >> (email) << TomCloyd.com >> (website) >> * Sleight of Mind blog: Sleightmind.com (mental health issues) >> * Founder: Google+ Trauma and Dissociation Education and Advocacy >> community >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- >> unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
