I propose LibreOffice Dynamic Community Edition
Régis Perdreau Le lun. 9 nov. 2020 à 19:21, Telesto <[email protected]> a écrit : > LibreOffice Tech Edition [Technology/Technical/ Technology Preview] > LibreOffice Free Edition > LibreOffice Engineering Edition > LibreOffice Frontrunner Edition > > Basic also feels limited. Classic sounds old. > Community/Personal are not it > Rolling doesn't sound well (still think it should be mentioned > somewhere; but not as edition phrase) > > -- > About position of the edition text: title bar, about box, start center, > artwork etc. > No strong opinion here; as long as they as long as it blends in. Nice > font, font color etc. > > > Op 9-11-2020 om 16:38 schreef sophi: > > Hi Italo, all, > > Le 09/11/2020 à 16:04, Italo Vignoli a écrit : > >> So far, I have not participated to the discussion, hoping that this > >> could help others in pushing forward their proposals. Unfortunately, > >> this has not happened, so I am trying to share some thoughts and > >> proposals for the following action item: > >> > >> 1. Product Label for the community supported version provided by TDF > >> > >> First of all, it should be clear that this label is not targeted to > >> community members, but to the outside world of LibreOffice users (so, > >> probably to 99.9% of all users). Rejecting a label because it is not > >> seen as appropriate for community members is not helping the decision, > >> because we need to improve the positioning for all those people who do > >> not contribute at all to the project (apart from donations, which are > >> not seen as contributions for this decision). > >> > >> The unfortunate reality is that the majority of enterprises is using > >> LibreOffice for free - is their right, but they usually save a rather > >> substantial amount of money by replacing MS Office licenses with > >> LibreOffice - without giving back anything, while they should support > >> the project at least in the same proportion of individuals who donate > >> (because they recognize the value of the software). > >> > >> So, we need to exert some moral suasion on enterprises by making it > >> clear - with a label - that the LibreOffice version they are using is > >> not targeted to enterprises, as it is not supported professionally, or > >> it is not packaged according to the needs of enterprises deploying > >> LibreOffice on a large number of PCs. > >> > >> Proposals in line with the objective: > >> > >> COMMUNITY: makes the Community happy, but does not communicate to users > >> the right message, as Community is the feature-limited version of open > >> core projects (best case, competent users or 1% of all users), or the > >> organization where you treat addictions (worst case, or 98.9% of all > >> users). IMHO not applicable. > >> > >> PERSONAL: does not make the Community happy because Personal is not > >> interpreted in the right way by OSS advocates (Personal as in personal > >> computer or personal productivity), on the contrary is rather clear for > >> users outside the community ("I can use it for free on my PC"), and is > >> providing the right message to enterprises (by the way, a label will not > >> stop anyone from using LibreOffice for free on hundreds or thousands of > >> PCs, but will give us a reason for a strong message). IMHO the best. > >> > >> ROLLING: Rolling is a techie term for OSS advocates, based on several > >> Linux distros, although not popular amongst users provides a feeling of > >> something which is not perfectly stable, and as such could be used - but > >> the deployment should be carefully studied - to provide a message for > >> enterprises. IMHO sub-optimal but probably acceptable. > >> > >> CLASSIC: Classic is a typical branding term used by very large brands to > >> label the "original" product, when there are variants available. As such > >> it could work, although the message for enterprises should be carefully > >> crafted and added. IMHO sub-optimal but probably acceptable. > >> > >> BASIC: this is the closest label to "home" or "unsupported", which were > >> suggested by ecosystem members (but have a negative meaning which is not > >> appropriate for a quality product such as LibreOffice), it is not the > >> most elegant solution but it could be deployed with some extra care, and > >> some specific message targeted to enterprises. IMHO the last resport, if > >> nothing else works. > >> > >> Looking forward to other proposals, possibly with a rationale. > > My proposal would be: Creative > > Rationale is that: > > - it has a positive connotation which expresses the creativity of the > > community reflected in the product. > > - Creative lets you feel that it's in progress, will go further by > > iterations just like when you write a book, or design a painting. And > > it's how is our release process compared to LTS. > > - also, it mirrors CC in the way of making commons accessible to all. > > > >> Of course, please remember the planned meeting on Wednesday, November > >> 11, at 2PM UTC. > >> > >> 2. Where to position the label: title bar, about box, start center > >> > >> I would like to get some ideas also for the positioning of the label. I > >> am not sure that adding it to the Start Center would make a difference, > >> because most users do not read what they have on the screen, and so the > >> enterprises. > >> > >> Of course, we have to find a place where to add the label, in addition > >> to the About Box (which is the natural place for it). > > About box would be enough for me > >> In any case, the effectiveness of the label will be related to the > >> communication effort around it, which will be based on specific actions > >> and messages. We will have to educate enetrprises, which are not trivial > >> to educate as a target. On the other hand, if enterprises do not give > >> something back to the project, the sustainability is at stake. > >> > >> Sorry for the long message, happy to read other contributions. > > Just some thoughts :) > > Cheers > > Sophie > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
