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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: About OO vs LO |
| Date | 2026-09-16 11:57 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ngv7gtF9b65U12@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 2026-09-16 09:48, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:19:11 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>
>> On 2026-09-16 01:25, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:41:17 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just say no. I only use OO.
>>>
>>> OpenOffice??!!?? Why??!!??
>>>
>>> <https://www.libreoffice.org/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/>
>>
>> Given that table I don't see a reason for the existence of OO. Waste
>> of good developers time. Unless they have to say some good reasons I
>> don't know about.
>
> There is one surprising (and disappointing) reason: familiarity.
>
> For some reason, lots of Windows users still remember OpenOffice from
> the early days, while the word about LibreOffice has yet to reach
> them, even after all these years. So they continue going to the
> OpenOffice site in significant numbers, and continue to be
> disappointed by the poor quality of what’s available there.
That's very disappointing indeed :-(
Yes, I did like the OpenOffice name, I did not like the forking or
division or whatever it was. I wanted to continue with OOo. But I
decided pretty fast that it would have to be LO. Actually, the distro
decided and I accepted it. Continue life.
>
> The suggestion has been made that the OpenOffice project should just
> shut down already, and turn their domain into nothing more than a
> redirect to the LibreOffice site. That would solve a lot of problems.
Yes.
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.
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