Hi everyone, given this "Personal Edition" label is controversial (up to the point where e.g. even community members mention they'll stop promoting or contributing to LibreOffice), would it possibly make sense to remove this from 7.0 and then take the time to reconsider and discuss what to do in later versions (maybe even doing some kind of survey/community vote after ideas have been collected)?
Just to mention it, there is also tdf#134486 [1] in Bugzilla mentioning more aspects on the "Personal Edition" label, why it's seen as problematic and also giving some suggestions on alternatives. I personally like Mike Kaganski's idea from [2] to emphasize that LibreOffice as provided by TDF is "intended for individuals and organizations that do not need professional support...", i.e. the primary difference in the TDF-provided as compared to the "ecosystem-company-provided" edition is (lack of) professional support, with all of its implications (like e.g. Service Level Agreements, long-term support, more stability, new features). In my personal opinion, most larger deployments involving "professional use" will probably want to use an edition with (some kind of external and/or internal) professional support, and it's fine to promote those, but somewhat "actively discouraging" the use of the TDF version by the "Personal" label (as it is being perceived) is not ideal. In my opinion, it would also discourage the use of LibreOffice in scenarios where a paid version is not (yet?) an option and thus presumably diminish LibreOffice's overall use (and market share), which will also make potential customers of paid LibreOffice editions less eager to actually use LibreOffice (or a branded derivative) instead of other products. Kind regards, Michael [1] https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134486 [2] https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134486#c13 -- 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
