On 2013-10-14, at 14:08 , Drew Jensen <drewjensen.in...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kind of a sideways note to this discussion. > > I rather think that this push to SAAS in the commercial world and the > reverse here, AOO not being SAAS but old fashioned desktop, is something > that should be emphasized in regards to this project and the product of > it's efforts. I believe it may not be too great a leap to say that > maintaining a free quality tool, such as AOO, for the desktop OS world does > give social benefit. > I don't (totally or even really) disagree. And I like that you don't cave to the obligatory use of "cloud." But I also think it's not really needed to focus or emphasize the desktop element. Most large-scale users (public, private enterprises, offices, whatehaveyous) will opt for the desktop compleat suite because one or two or more of the modules are needed by their users and a mobile alternative wouldn't work very well, at least not if what you did for a living was working on big spreadsheets. But if you are a student, the idea of "desktop" might just confuse: is a laptop a desktop? And does this mean that ODF files (whatever they are) can only be edited (created, edited) on a "desktop"? Put another way, if you want to emphasize the robust and completeness of the suite, and also its expandability, via extensions, great! And then also showing how mobile apps can tie into this extant network of users only adds icing to the cake…. no? > //drew Cheers, louis > > > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >> >>> rollApp charges now? How sad. >> >> >> No they don't, as it's beta. But I'd expect them to eventually do. >> How else would they fund it?. Banners? >> >> The whole SAAS move is about charging a monthly or yearly subscription for >> things that before were free when installed into your PC. Look at GMail, >> they don't charge you for the service, but they charge you for extra cloud >> storage. >> >> FC >> -- >> During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary >> act >> - George Orwell >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
