Also to add, Why not call it LibreOffice Vanilla? There's no inferences as Community or Personal have that suggest a lesser product. It's not called Plain, which sounds boring. Partners can sell Libreoffice support with the Libreoffice "powered by" or "engine" (personally engine sounds like it will lead to proprietary plug-ins) branding.
As Florian wrote, if I were at an NGO, school, or some other small business, Vanilla wouldn't be a discouraging name, but it would be a reminder that I'm using the gratis version with no support. It then allows certified vendors the freedom to do their own branding of LibreOffice. (This would also solve the mascot issue because LO could have a vanilla tree as mascot which would fit the green theme. I'd like to see Tyson Tan make an anime character out of that.) Jul. 10, 2020 00:15:02 Kev M <[email protected]>: > Nice, hadn't seen this. Thanks for pointing it out Lionel. I purchased a > license to support it. I like how they've framed it as LibreOffice Vanilla vs > LibreOffice powered by CIB. > > I agree with your other points too Lionel and you've communicated it in a way > I was looking to in an earlier post. There is definitely a gap in the ability > for small businesses and individuals who want to support the project to pay > for it. Automation is key. Though I see this CIB option is good for Windows > users, but not those that don't want to use the Microsoft Store. > > Personally, in the IT world, I usually ignore the "contact us for pricing" > vendors; you have to chat with someone for 30-60 minutes to try to get them > to tell you how expensive their software is.. it's easier just to find a > competing vendor that has a price calculator on their site. >
