LibreOffice makes its case as open source alternative to MS Office
▻http://www.cnet.com/news/libreoffice-makes-its-case-as-open-source-alternative-to-ms-offic
Pas mal un article de PR par libreoffice mais y a des informations intéressantes :
The latest update comes as the organization behind LibreOffice says that its products are now being used by some 80 million users around the world. In contrast, only 10 million users had downloaded the software by Sept. 2011.
Executives from The Document Foundation expressed confidence about getting 200 million active users worldwide before the end of the decade. Italo Vignoli, one of the founders of The Document Foundation, also expressed hope that a decision governing the use of open source software by the UK government will prove to be a harbinger of more rapid adoption.
Les UKs bougent :
Earlier this week, the United Kingdom finally put in practice a directive that all official office suites must support an open format for documents called ODF. Government officials say the move to standardize around open formats will reduce costs associated with the Office suite and break what they describe as the ’oligopoly’ of IT suppliers. (Or at least one supplier in particular. Wink, wink.)
Et la document foundation se comporte pas comme la majorité des autres dev libre :
“The Open Source community has always had a problem with marketing,” Vignoli said. “I think it was a fundamental mistake because if you talk to developers, they’ll tell you that if the product is good, then you don’t need marketing. But that’s the most absurd thing you can say. You need marketing for every product. Even if you don’t use marketing, you need a strategy on how to bring the product to market....you must make the user aware that you’re product is there.”