[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

[Jorge E. Restrepo]

Gentlemen & Gentlewomen...

It's easy to assume a passive role, sit, watch and criticize...

All LibreOffice contributors have been doing more than an extraordinary
job. Lets not cloud our minds with trivial issues. Let's continue moving
forward.

All the best to all...

--
Jorge E. Restrepo

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023, 03:37 Csongor Halmai <csongor at halmai.hu> wrote:

> I totally understand Italo's frustration. I also hate when I am expected
> to make a decision and people, who were absolutely silent and
> indifferent before, suddenly start to verbalise their opinion, which
> "happens to be" different from mine.
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> Regarding the version number, I think people who liked 7.x, will continue
> to like 8.x too. The rest may find the big jump attractive enough
> to try it but I believe most of the articles would emphasize "Hey people,
> here is the new version but there is nothing remarkably new in
> it". Which erodes the reputation of the product.
>
> Therefore, I second Eyal's suggestion. Let's keep the new major version
> number for something really big jump.
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> Such a big jump could be an AI integration (like ChatGPT). It could really
> change how people use LO (at least, Writer and Impress)
>
> Csongor
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> On 28/03/2023 20:43, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> > I have been asked to provide my opinion by developers, who seem to think
> that the change of version has to be a marketing decision. As I have said
> quite clearly, I am pissed off by the current situation, where I am asked
> to take a decision and then I am blamed because I take one. I leave the
> decision to the community.
> >
> > 28 Mar 2023 08:18:13 Eyal Rozenberg<eyalroz1 at gmx.com>:
> >
> >> I respectfully disagree with Italo.
> >>
> >> First, about the "frame of reference". In my opinion, decisions such as
> major version number bumping are not, first and foremost, marketing
> decisions. That is a _consideration_, since the version number is
> declarative than technical. But - such an action should be "truthful"
> before being "marketable".
> >>
> >> It is more important, in my opinion, that users and potential users
> receive trustworthy signaling from the project - not just w.r.t. version
> numbers, but generally - than for the media to get a gimmick for coverage.
> >>
> >> A second point is that bumping a version number without a major
> innovation moves you a few more steps into the category of, say, Firefox
> and such, where versions just increase automatically with no meaning
> whatsoever. Italo, you said we are perceived as a "real innovator"; well,
> when a real innovator starts having hollow version number bumping, that
> perception fades.
> >>
> >> Finally, everyone who likes the marketing potential of version 8 -
> great, but - keep that benefit for when we have a significant step forward
> to celebrate. Don't squander it.
> >>
> >>
> >> Eyal
> >>
> >> PS:  availability on a new platform is not a reason to bump a version
> number. It's the "same" software, but built for another target, so same
> version as before. IMHO anyway.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 27/03/2023 20:11, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> >>> Moving to LibreOffice 8 (instead of 7.6) makes sense for marketing
> purposes, as media is looking at LibreOffice as the real innovator in the
> open source office suite market, and the feeling of journalists is that we
> are forever stuck at 7.x.
> >>> We all know that the next version will not include any significant
> innovation which can justify the change of version, apart from the new
> build system for Windows and the availability of LibreOffice for Arm
> processors on Windows (which has not been announced).
> >>> Playing with the number 8, which can be rotated 90° to become the
> "infinite" symbol, we can frame the next version as LibreOffice for an
> infinite number of users, as we cover all hardware platforms and all
> operating systems for personal productivity.
> >>> This is my opinion. If the community wants to stick with 7.6, I won't
> insist. I have received enough insults both public and private for the
> marketing plan, and I am still receiving them from a few people, that I am
> not willing to enter into that process again (even if the decision on the
> "community" tag has not been mine, but it looks like people have a very
> short memory).
> >>> Looking forward to your thoughts.
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