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Apache OpenOffice 3.4 releasedApache OpenOffice 3.4 releasedPosted May 9, 2012 1:49 UTC (Wed) by leif81 (guest, #75132)In reply to: Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released by ledow Parent article: Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released
This battle likely won't be won on technical bullet points, but in marketing. And in that regard my money is on AOO.
It's got the name "Apache"
*shrug*
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Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released Posted May 10, 2012 23:26 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]
Likely not. When one can throw away something because the cost of getting it was near zero, then marketing is not all that important. Features are.
And, btw, why do you feel this way about a word? Isn't Office english enough for you? Are you afraid of becoming less masculine or something?
Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released Posted May 10, 2012 23:28 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]
And I know of at least 4 languages that can claim that "Libre" is a valid word in the dictionary, starting with spanish.
Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released Posted May 14, 2012 12:44 UTC (Mon) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link] While I have no semantic or cultural objection to the name, I do have an aesthetic one: /ə.ɒ/ (i.e. mid-central vowel followed by a short open back rounded vowel, with a syllable boundary between them), as found in the middle of "LibreOffice", seems phonologically misbegotten to this particular Anglophone's ear. (From the software standpoint, I'm in favour of LO rather than AOO.)
Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released Posted May 14, 2012 13:41 UTC (Mon) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]
The World is big and chock-full of people that do not speak English. Be a bit more open, it will make you Libre.
Apache OpenOffice 3.4 released Posted May 14, 2012 14:32 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
The first time I've seen libreoffice in my system during "apt-get upgrade" I was confused. After all, what "lib-reoffice" does?
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