<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span class="gmail-HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="gmail-jCAhz gmail-ChMk0b"><span class="gmail-ryNqvb"></span></span></span><span class="gmail-ZSCsVd"><span class="gmail-azoIfb"></span></span><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>So, I agree with the proposal. L8 could be seen as a new start and not an achievement... new developers mean new functionalities, evolving organization. I think we can build something around that. Marketed as the mix of different knowledge as distinguishing elements. <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> <br></div></div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Régis<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven. 7 avr. 2023 à 00:14, Italo Vignoli <<a href="mailto:italo@vignoli.org" target="_blank">italo@vignoli.org</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">I have written that developers have a different mindset from marketing <br>
people. I have never said that developers are dumb people, and I have <br>
never even thought this.<br>
<br>
On 06/04/23 23:45, Regis Perdreau wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
> <br>
> So if i understand correctly, developers are dumb people, talking only to<br>
> its computer, and marketer have the privilege to speak to real user...<br>
> Well, all the day, i speak to real user, and all say that marketers talk<br>
> non sense about Microsoft compatibility...<br>
> I wonder how to solve daily cognitive dissonnance<br>
> *<br>
> <<a href="https://context.reverso.net/traduction/anglais-francais/cognitive+dissonance" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://context.reverso.net/traduction/anglais-francais/cognitive+dissonance</a>>*<br>
> Just kidding<br>
> <br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Régis Perdreau<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Le jeu. 6 avr. 2023 à 23:00, Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco <<a href="mailto:gbpacheco@gmail.com" target="_blank">gbpacheco@gmail.com</a>><br>
> a écrit :<br>
> <br>
>> Hi, Nigel, Ben, Eyal, all!<br>
>><br>
>> Let me add some comments. :)<br>
>><br>
>> For sure, the current approach is a requirement for our internal<br>
>> development organization, as Ben noted. Also, it was really important in<br>
>> the first years of LibreOffice/TDF, when we used it to demonstrate we were<br>
>> ahead of Apache OpenOffice for the users and the strong project/community<br>
>> we were building.<br>
>><br>
>> On the other hand, for the current moment of LibreOffice as a project and<br>
>> product, I think we can do more or different things. Nigel wrote<br>
>> exactly what I mean about 'boring' from the user perspective: most of the<br>
>> users don't care about minor changes.<br>
>><br>
>> So, I think, now, we should decide about releases with a Marketing<br>
>> perspective and the number 8 could be a first step to do it, even without<br>
>> big changes.<br>
>><br>
>> Could it mean we will do a marketing trick?<br>
>><br>
>> I think no, because we will be transparent with our users as we always<br>
>> have been. If the release won't have big improvements, we won't talk about<br>
>> big improvements.<br>
>><br>
>> Why release a version without big improvements?<br>
>><br>
>> That is the other point: I don't think we should focus only on big code<br>
>> improvements to use major version numbers (or even version names). We<br>
>> aren't only a product. We are a project and community. Indeed, the released<br>
>> product is our final work but a major version can also be used to spread<br>
>> (or celebrate) the maturity of the product/project/community. This is a<br>
>> different approach than paid software/non FLOSS. This is what I mean with<br>
>> consolidation.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 8:22 AM Nigel Verity <<a href="mailto:nigelverity@hotmail.com" target="_blank">nigelverity@hotmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hi Gustavo<br>
>>><br>
>>> This is a very good point.<br>
>>><br>
>>> If I see that some software I use regularly has gone from 7.5 to 7.6,<br>
>>> say, I wouldn't rush to upgrade unless I knew it fixed a problem that<br>
>>> affected me. I'm pretty sure that I would upgrade from 7.5 to to 8.0 far<br>
>>> more quickly, if for no other reason that the psychological one of wanting<br>
>>> to be using what my head tells me must be an improvement over my current<br>
>>> version.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Of course release notes are available to determine what really has<br>
>>> changed but I rather suspect that most users never read them.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The discussion of the different motivators for development and marketing<br>
>>> people is very interesting. When I was a developer neither I nor anybody in<br>
>>> my teams was ever let anywhere near sales activities - and I think for very<br>
>>> good reasons.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Cheers<br>
>>><br>
>>> Nige<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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>>> ------------------------------<br>
>>> *From:* Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco <<a href="mailto:gbpacheco@gmail.com" target="_blank">gbpacheco@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> *Sent:* 05 April 2023 22:05<br>
>>> *To:* TDF Devs <<a href="mailto:libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org</a>>; TDF Marketing <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:marketing@global.libreoffice.org" target="_blank">marketing@global.libreoffice.org</a>>; TDF Design <<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:design@global.libreoffice.org" target="_blank">design@global.libreoffice.org</a>><br>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving<br>
>>> to LibreOffice 8?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi Eyal, all!<br>
>>><br>
>>> I also respectfully disagree with you on some points. ;D<br>
>>><br>
>>> I like the idea to move to 8, even with no big technical innovation (if<br>
>>> we<br>
>>> have, for sure it will be better).<br>
>>><br>
>>> IMHO, long sequences of minor releases (7.6, in the current case) are<br>
>>> getting boring and not important for the users (for both enterprise and<br>
>>> individual profiles).<br>
>>><br>
>>> I'm not saying that we should embrace the Firefox approach, but thinking<br>
>>> about Italo's idea (8 <-> infinite), I guess the message of this version<br>
>>> could be consolidation, not exactly innovation.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Best<br>
>>> Gustavo<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 4:23 AM Eyal Rozenberg <<a href="mailto:eyalroz1@gmx.com" target="_blank">eyalroz1@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> I respectfully disagree with Italo.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> First, about the "frame of reference". In my opinion, decisions such as<br>
>>>> major version number bumping are not, first and foremost, marketing<br>
>>>> decisions. That is a _consideration_, since the version number is<br>
>>>> declarative than technical. But - such an action should be "truthful"<br>
>>>> before being "marketable".<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> It is more important, in my opinion, that users and potential users<br>
>>>> receive trustworthy signaling from the project - not just w.r.t. version<br>
>>>> numbers, but generally - than for the media to get a gimmick for<br>
>>> coverage.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> A second point is that bumping a version number without a major<br>
>>>> innovation moves you a few more steps into the category of, say, Firefox<br>
>>>> and such, where versions just increase automatically with no meaning<br>
>>>> whatsoever. Italo, you said we are perceived as a "real innovator";<br>
>>>> well, when a real innovator starts having hollow version number bumping,<br>
>>>> that perception fades.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Finally, everyone who likes the marketing potential of version 8 -<br>
>>>> great, but - keep that benefit for when we have a significant step<br>
>>>> forward to celebrate. Don't squander it.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Eyal<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> PS: availability on a new platform is not a reason to bump a version<br>
>>>> number. It's the "same" software, but built for another target, so same<br>
>>>> version as before. IMHO anyway.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On 27/03/2023 20:11, Italo Vignoli wrote:<br>
>>>>> Moving to LibreOffice 8 (instead of 7.6) makes sense for marketing<br>
>>>>> purposes, as media is looking at LibreOffice as the real innovator in<br>
>>>>> the open source office suite market, and the feeling of journalists is<br>
>>>>> that we are forever stuck at 7.x.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> We all know that the next version will not include any significant<br>
>>>>> innovation which can justify the change of version, apart from the new<br>
>>>>> build system for Windows and the availability of LibreOffice for Arm<br>
>>>>> processors on Windows (which has not been announced).<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Playing with the number 8, which can be rotated 90° to become the<br>
>>>>> "infinite" symbol, we can frame the next version as LibreOffice for an<br>
>>>>> infinite number of users, as we cover all hardware platforms and all<br>
>>>>> operating systems for personal productivity.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> This is my opinion. If the community wants to stick with 7.6, I won't<br>
>>>>> insist. I have received enough insults both public and private for the<br>
>>>>> marketing plan, and I am still receiving them from a few people, that<br>
>>> I<br>
>>>>> am not willing to enter into that process again (even if the decision<br>
>>> on<br>
>>>>> the "community" tag has not been mine, but it looks like people have a<br>
>>>>> very short memory).<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Looking forward to your thoughts.<br>
>>>><br>
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>>><br>
>><br>
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