Hi, On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 11:04:08AM +0000, toki wrote: > It might be useful to create a White Paper on migration to LibO > specifically for each size/class of potential user: > > Either the same, or a different White Paper could go into the virtues > and vices of ongoing paid support, for each business size/class.
Maybe. OTOH, adoption without contribution is of no benefit to the project and as such the foundation should take a very close look if a bigger investment in an area really will yield contributions. > There is no might about those items. "might" might have been a bit of hyperbole, but only slightly: Im not aware of anyone trying to do a migration with 10 core developers and no trainers. On the other hand there have been way too many migration attempts with 10 trainers and no dev support (either from an ecosystem company or inhouse). All of those have hurt LibreOffice ultimately and were inresponsible by those involved with them. > One of the more frequent criticisms of LibreOffice, is that it does not > include an email client/communication centre. You call it the "one of the most frequent criticism of LibreoOffice", but its really one of the most fundamental misunderstandings about LibreOffice. LibreOffice is not a product -- its a project. As such it would have to be considered a tradegy, if there was possible set of contributors -- individual or institutional -- that the project could tap into, but failed to. For better or worse, that is not what happened wrt email. As a project, LibreOffice has to invest in areas where there is an opportunity for growth on _both_ sides of the project: need for a feature by users AND interest in contribution by contributors. Only then there can be a virtous circle of growth on both sides: contributions and adaption. Areas where there might be adoption, but little to no contribution are not sustainable and will become a burden to the project faster than a blink of an eye. At best, these areas are ignored by the project -- and there is absolutely no shame in that at all. Best, Bjoern -- 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
