Hi everyone, Am 06.07.20 um 19:50 schrieb Franklin Weng: > Due to draft and development work in the area of branding and > product naming, in particular related to the “Personal Edition” tag > shown in a LibreOffice 7.0 RC, have started on several communication > channels. > 2. Due to the short time frame we are working with the tagline > appeared on the RC and we apologise if this caused some of you to > think we unilaterally implemented the change. Rest assured that the > consultation with the Community is still ongoing.
The people involved in the decision set this time frame themselves. Nothing is forcing this change to be made in the LO 7.0 release cycle. Sure the major version bump will already increase visibility, which will eventually amplify the "Personal" edition change. I can understand this rush. Still please don't try to blame this "secret" change being done due to some "unchangeable forces". FWIW the release plans could even be changed, if "people" agree. > 3. This "Personal Edition" tag ... The marketing plan is still under > development and discussion so we are eager to receive and evaluate > your feedback! > 6. ...; certainly we don’t want to make any decisions that is backed > only by a small minority. > 7. This is a complex decision involving many overlapping concerns... It feels strange, that this information is officially shared "after the fact" (as in "after the LO source was patched"). I'm aware that the patch can be easily reverted; that is not the point. My point is, a minority made this decision, not the community / TDF members, and now it should be discussed by the community. This is not about the proposed changed, just the seemingly "secret" implementation. And I personally think, arguments like Michael Meeks (quoting from IRC): "Individual users don't need to contribute, but they would be OK with Personal. But corporate users, that also don't have to contribute, must realize that any software used in a business process must be supported by some spercific people: either their employees, or hired staff." are simply invalid. LO is free software, so everyone can use it, not just a "person", like it's IMHO implied by the rename. I guess the people are already aware of the support implications, and otherwise don't care. And if not, then this should be made more prominent. What eventually will happen is a lot of people wondering, what is going on. No idea, if this will be good or bad marketing in the end; either for the commercial LO editions or the (now) "personal" TDF one. There are also enough other (mostly non-free) office suites available. Maybe it would simply be better to offer downloads to the TDF version, clearly stating the 6 / 9 months support cycle and linking to the "Professional Support" page, stating that commercial versions with longer support cycles and paid support are available (just stating this fact as it) and TDF endorsed, then these naming shenanigans? ATB Jan-Marek -- 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.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
