Now, will there be an official statement from the LibreOffice leaders about a name change?
Am Montag, den 13.12.2010, 08:44 +0100 schrieb Jonathan Aquilina: > That is the intention in the end if im not mistaken. Correct me if im wrong. > > On 12/13/2010 12:03 AM, Valter Mura wrote: > > In data martedì 07 dicembre 2010 18:27:35, Mirek M. ha scritto: > > > >> 2010/12/7 Samuel Mehrbrodt<s.mehrbr...@googlemail.com> > >> > >>> Today there was an announcement that KOffice got a new name (Calligra) > >>> and they also renamed some of the Applications. "KWord" became "Words", > >>> "KSpread" became "Tables" and "KPresenter" was renamed to "Stages". > >>> > >>> I was wondering whether such a name change has been considered for the > >>> LibreOffice Applications. The point is that I don't really like the > >>> current names. I'm not a Name Designer, but Writer, Calc and Impress > >>> don't really sound good in my ears and I would even say that most people > >>> using OpenOffice would not know the names of the Applications they are > >>> using, only that it's OpenOffice. > >>> > >>> If LibreOffice changed the names of the Applications shipping, that > >>> might also help people to differentiate between OpenOffice and > >>> LibreOffice in Future. > >>> > >>> Here a comparison of the names of text processing, spreadsheet and > >>> presentation program of six Office Suites: > >>> > >>> MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint > >>> Apple iWork: Pages, Numbers, Keynote > >>> Calligra(former KOffice): Words, Tables, Stages > >>> Softmaker Office: Textmaker, Planmaker, Presentations > >>> Corel WordPerfect Office: WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Presentations > >>> OpenOffice.org: Writer, Calc, Impress > >>> > >>> I think MS Office, iWork and now Calligra have the best names for their > >>> applications. It's easy to spell and easy to remember. > >>> I would like to hear what everyone else is thinking about changing names > >>> for LibreOffice applications. > > I like the idea, it could be an idea, above all to achieve more personality. > > AFAIK, currently LIbreOffice could be considered simply a "clone" of OOo, > > only > > with some cosmetic changes. > > > > Starting form the base, OOo, LIbò should become an autonomous, unique > > software > > being, and the names are very, very important. > > > > Ciao > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
