Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-29 Thread Aivaras Stepukonis
Not exactly the reverse, but, yes, support OpenOffice in an inclusive manner. Exactly the reverse. One cannot support Open Office in an /exclusive/ manner because of the Apache license. And one can not support a derivative such as Libre Office in an /inclusive/ manner because of its license.

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-29 Thread Dave Fisher
> On Dec 29, 2024, at 12:54 PM, Aivaras Stepukonis > wrote: > >> If you wish to have Apache OpenOffice continue to exist […] help support any >> and all OpenOffice derivatives. > I think it is the reverse, Dave. If you wish any and all Open Office > derivatives to continue to exist, help su

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-29 Thread Aivaras Stepukonis
If you wish to have Apache OpenOffice continue to exist […] help support any and all OpenOffice derivatives. I think it is the reverse, Dave. If you wish any and all Open Office derivatives to continue to exist, help support Open Office. -- Pagarbiai / Sincerely, 📧 Aivaras Stepukonis

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-29 Thread Dave Fisher
> On Dec 28, 2024, at 3:32 PM, Aivaras Stepukonis wrote: > > “Guerrilla marketing,” such as badmouthing Open Office and replacing > references to it with references to Libre Office in Wikipedia and elsewhere, > has been the norm for a long time now. A number of LO partizans use even > https

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-29 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi Peter, Am 29.12.24 um 10:50 schrieb Peter kovacs: It was a hard fight to replace 'dead' with 'dormant' on Wikipedia. The German page is even more negative. But German Wikipedia is in general worse in that respect. Yes, personally I like Wikipedia but regarding OpenOffice there is so much ha

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-29 Thread Peter kovacs
It was a hard fight to replace 'dead' with 'dormant' on Wikipedia. The German page is even more negative. But German Wikipedia is in general worse in that respect. It is funny that the guy said abandon ware since that is what tdf demands. That we abandon the AOO code line and recommend the LO c

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-28 Thread Aivaras Stepukonis
“Guerrilla marketing,” such as badmouthing Open Office and replacing references to it with references to Libre Office in Wikipedia and elsewhere, has been the norm for a long time now. A number of LO partizans use even https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/ for this very campaign because some n

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-28 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 at 16:51, Matthias Seidel wrote: > Just now I got a PM referring to the same topic. > > Seems like another campaign like we have seen it for decades... > > Matthias > Yes, same on Twitter where I dared to mention OpenOffice as an alternative to Microsoft Office on a ZDNet pos

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-26 Thread Matthias Seidel
Just now I got a PM referring to the same topic. Seems like another campaign like we have seen it for decades... Matthias Am 26.12.24 um 17:43 schrieb Bidouille: Again a sock puppet account :-) - Mail original - From: Darvond Date: Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 2:47 PM Subject: Regarding OpenO

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-26 Thread Bidouille
Again a sock puppet account :-) - Mail original - > From: Darvond > Date: Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 2:47 PM > Subject: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund. > The Document Foundation - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@op

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-26 Thread Peter kovacs
Hi all, openoffice (Health amber): Three issues in OpenOffice over 365 days old and a number of other open issues not fully triaged. This is the other argument that is brought up on the user forum or on Reddit. The quote is taken from one public Apache board protocol. I think it would be good

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-26 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi Damjan, Am 26.12.24 um 14:26 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 12:42 PM Brian Proffitt wrote: Forwarding from apa...@apache.org. -- Forwarded message - From: Darvond Date: Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 2:47 PM Subject: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund. To: Might

Re: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund.

2024-12-26 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 12:42 PM Brian Proffitt wrote: > Forwarding from apa...@apache.org. > > -- Forwarded message - > From: Darvond > Date: Wed, Dec 25, 2024, 2:47 PM > Subject: Regarding OpenOffice the Moribund. > To: > > > Might it be a better money saving cost in the long