Hello Dennis Thanks a lot for taking time and explaining in your message.
-- Best Regards Hammam Alyamani ham...@fastmail.com On Wed, Jul 13, 2016, at 02:17, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hammam Alyamani [mailto:ham...@fastmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 00:36 > > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: Spam (11.853):null > > > > Hello There > > > > How is everyone is doing? I hope you are all good. > > > > I have a suggestion, since there is a dedicated Mac OS version of > > OpenOffuce called NeoOffice, and since everyone is just switching to > > LibreOffice because it's where everyone is at now, why not you dedicate > > Apache OpenOffice fo work on windows exclusivley?! > [orcmid] > > I assume you were referring to the fact that LibreOffice has very > successful take-up as part of Linux distributions. > > With regard to where Apache OpenOffice appeals, the following recent > report is useful for consideration: > > For the eight months since release of AOO 4.1.2 through 2016-06-30, > there are 29 million downloads, averaging about 850,000 per week down > to about 600,000 as we enter North American Summer in the last week. > Platform take-up is relatively constant: > > 87.5% for Windows, > 7.8% for Macintosh, and > 4.7% for all other distributions > > So, if one gave priority to the community where AOO has the most reach, > your suggestion is not out of line. > > There is a conflict with the allegiance, interests, and skills of the AOO > developers though. That essentially turns the above list on its head. > The way AOO is constructed reflects that emphasis. > > Suppose (1) There are enough developers having the capacity, capability, > availability, and will to pair the Apache OpenOffice code base down to > one devoted to modern Windows operation. Then (2) that would probably > have to happen outside of the Apache OpenOffice project. The same goes > for making an Apache OpenOffice that is completely a Java application. > > Anyone could do that. Apache OpenOffice is open source, and either kind > of fork is permissible. I suspect the barrier is that (1) cannot be > satisfied. > > - Dennis > > > > I don't see people complain about Neo being a Mac only package and > > making use of Mac capabilities, so why not do the same for Apache > > OpenOffice? > > > > Just a thought, and looking forward to hear from you soon. Thank you. > > > > -- > > Best Regards > > Hammam Alyamani > > ham...@fastmail.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
