[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 134486] UI: Branding: LibreOffice Personal edition

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134486

--- Comment #48 from Michael Meeks <michael.meeks at collabora.com> ---
(In reply to Oiaohm from comment #47)
> We don't need to cause this Visual Studio problem with Libreoffice.
> The base version need to be install-able by all.

That is the current state, and the state after the change.

> because they run into the intermit issues where staff members are
> using different versions of Libreoffice into unique issues.

Have you filed any of these ? I've read and worked on support tickets a lot and
I don't recall seeing one; though I'm sure you can find one or two in our 10k
open tickets at TDF if you hunt =)

> Yes ecosystem people need to make money they need to be able to sell
> stuff like extensions addons ... to end users with the least number
> of unique versions.
...
> Currently we don't have a market place for parties to sell closed source
> addons to LibreOffice to LibreOffice users also we have no where to sell
> access to the latest and greatest templates....

You seem to be advocating an open-core with proprietary extensions, that's not
a model I personally like at all - it tends to focus all investment in the
proprietary periphery not the core. It is not very un-scalable to lots of
players, and it hinders those who want to work to improve the core. You also
seem to advocate a proprietary app-store built into LibreOffice, also something
we ruled out when we started.

> Yes there is a lot of possible money to be made this route without requiring

Perhaps.

> is a path to lots and lots of money possible more the ecosystem currently
> is making as well providing funding in areas Libreoffice need it in
> yesterday to compete with MS Office head to head in a big way.

Clearly finding an effective way to fund ongoing LibreOffice development is
what we're looking for. Anyone who has been involved in TDF governance is
unlikely to believe that it will act like a dynamic business though.

Please lets continue this if at all on the board-discuss list, as requested.

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