<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry, in Europe, we like to lose money, that's what our governments do every day, top management always provides examples ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>From your USA window, i think your vision is not as wide as you expect.<br></div><div>Some European states use it, french ministries, numerous big cities...although they do not claim it at every street corner.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br>Régis Perdreau</div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mer. 23 mars 2022 à 08:43, A <<a href="mailto:amit.general.misc@gmail.com">amit.general.misc@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 at 13:06, Mike Kaganski <<a href="mailto:mikekaganski@hotmail.com" target="_blank">mikekaganski@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 23.03.2022 10:31, A wrote:<br>
> Why is LO focussing on both MS formats and ODF?<br>
> <br>
> By focusing on both formats, it is not producing very good software in <br>
> either of these.<br>
> <br>
> It should focus on only one format so that it can do a much better job.<br>
> <br>
> I am saying all this because LO is run by volunteers and it is not <br>
> getting much resources and money from outside.<br>
> <br>
> So, whatever limited resources it has, it should use that optimally to <br>
> produce one "very good" product.<br>
<br>
This implies that the volunteers (and contributors in general) all <br>
should be *guided* in what they focus on. So the project should be <br>
totally controlled from some central place, and everyone must either <br>
work on what is "permitted", or not work at all.<br>
<br>
This is not how the project works. If (say) *I* need MS compatibility <br>
improved (just imagining; I actually care about both), I will work on <br>
that, and my work will be included in the software for the benefit of <br>
others, regardless if others think that ODF is their priority. My work <br>
doesn't prevent others to improve ODF support. But if others tell me "do <br>
not work on OOXML compatibility, but focus on ODF", my manpower will not <br>
be re-directed - I will just leave.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>What LO people fail to realize is that LO is not very popular and it will not be and their efforts are going to waste.</div><div><br></div><div>No big organizations/governments are using LO.</div><div><br></div><div>I used to use LO and I sent a document which I wrote using LO but the recipient said that he could not open it.</div><div><br></div><div>Then I bought MS Office and sent the document (which I wrote in MS Office) and he was able to open it.</div><div><br></div><div>So, I ended up buying MS Office.</div><div><br></div><div>In my opinion, LO is a wasted effort if it does not focus on only one thing.</div><div><br></div><div>Some people will leave if LO focuses on only one thing but then other people will join.</div><div><br></div><div>I will contribute to LO if LO focuses only on MS Office formats because I want people to save money.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Amit</div><div> <br></div></div></div>
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