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Re: Five years of LibreOffice.

From Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Five years of LibreOffice.
Date 2015-10-01 22:50 +0000
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On Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:33:27 +0200, Peter Köhlmann wrote:

> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 01 Oct 2015 23:03:07 +0100, William Poaster wrote:
>> 
>>> After five years, LibreOffice is acknowledged in the marketplace as
>>> the sole Microsoft Office contender, based on a sheer feature by
>>> feature comparison, and on the number of successful migrations.
>>> Migrating to LibreOffice has never been easier, thanks to the
>>> Migration Protocol drafted by the most experienced people at The
>>> Document Foundation, which outlines the best practices adopted by
>>> several large projects worldwide.
>>> 
>>> LibreOffice 5.0, launched in early August, has been the most
>>> successful major release ever, triggering an unprecedented 8,000
>>> donations in 30 days. Of course, the success has been reflected in the
>>> number of adoptions, which has soared. The Italian Defence
>>> Organization, which will be migrating some 150,000 PCs to LibreOffice
>>> starting from October 2015.
>>> https://blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/09/28/five-years-of->
>>> libreoffice/
>> 
>> Good post!  Nice to see some actual advocacy here now and then.
>> 
>> While I've looked at LibreOffice and have it installed on my Linux on
>> ChromeBook, I still use MS Office via the super deal of Office365.  But
>> I can see where others might find LibreOffice to be a viable
>> substitute. But keep in mind that while those numbers the article
>> quotes are good for FOSS software, they are a very small blip in a huge
>> market.
>> 
>> But the one thing that sticks out is the pathetic 8,000 donations vs
>> the number of downloads.  That is really pathetic!  You'd think that
>> most users would pay something for software with the quality and
>> usability of LibreOffice.
>> 
> You mean like the city of munich which has developed more than 100
> patches for LibreOffice, all of which have been accepted into the main
> source
> 
> "Payments" to OSS software need not be in the form of money. But that is
> something you drones are totally unaware of


There is certainly value to the feedback and patches to the FOSS 
community, but a little money helps pay the rent.



-- 
Lloyd

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Five years of LibreOffice. William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-10-01 23:03 +0100
  Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 22:28 +0000
    Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-02 00:33 +0200
      Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 22:50 +0000
        Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-02 00:54 +0200
          Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 23:02 +0000
            Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Onion Knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-01 19:07 -0400
          Re: Five years of LibreOffice. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-02 07:18 -0500
            Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 12:30 +0000
            Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-02 09:42 -0400
            Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 20:40 +0000
              Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-02 13:55 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-02 23:03 +0200
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-02 14:22 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 02:26 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-02 23:32 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 08:12 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 13:08 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 07:43 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 14:48 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 10:54 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 08:55 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 16:08 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-10-03 16:51 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 17:20 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-03 23:34 +0200
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 18:30 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 00:32 +0200
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 18:39 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 00:40 +0200
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 02:25 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 19:46 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-03 23:09 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-10-04 05:20 +0200
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-04 00:18 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-10-04 06:28 +0200
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-04 00:31 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-10-04 06:32 +0200
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 23:53 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 15:49 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-03 19:18 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-05 07:35 -0500
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-10-05 14:40 +0100
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-05 09:06 -0500
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2015-10-05 09:10 -0500
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 11:36 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 15:42 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-05 12:33 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 16:43 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 13:40 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-05 15:26 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 18:02 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-05 17:39 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 13:32 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 17:55 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Onion Knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-05 15:22 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 17:52 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 22:14 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. nom de plume <nomdeplume@stickybit.guru> - 2015-10-05 21:49 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-07 15:21 -0600
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-05 15:20 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-05 13:00 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 19:24 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:52 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-10-03 17:08 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 17:19 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 10:29 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 10:02 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-03 23:31 +0200
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 21:39 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 14:48 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 00:01 +0200
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 15:20 -0700
                Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 00:28 +0200
                Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 18:41 -0400
                Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 15:47 -0700
                Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-03 19:13 -0400
                Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 10:20 +0200
                Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-04 09:48 -0700
                Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-04 18:54 +0200
                Re: Snit Michael Glasser admits he as claiming bullshit Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-04 10:03 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 15:51 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-03 14:49 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-05 09:00 -0500
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2015-10-05 09:05 -0500
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-04 08:38 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 12:48 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-04 09:11 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 14:26 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-04 12:05 -0400
              Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-10-02 22:46 -0500
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 08:32 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 13:06 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 09:50 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 14:16 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 10:47 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 07:46 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 14:53 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:00 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:05 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 16:17 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 16:16 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-03 11:20 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:01 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-03 12:08 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:13 -0700
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. onion knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-03 12:29 -0400
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 12:57 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 19:20 +0000
                Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 19:37 +0000
      Re: Five years of LibreOffice. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-10-02 11:38 -0400
    Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 15:41 -0700
  Re: Five years of LibreOffice. ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 22:29 +0000
  Re: Five years of LibreOffice. Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-10-01 20:43 -0400

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