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LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)Posted Nov 3, 2012 0:56 UTC (Sat) by nhorman (subscriber, #31658)Parent article: LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic)
It seems the showboating between these two ignores distro re-distribution. Not that we can really know for sure, but I would be interested to know how the numbers change when thats taken into account.
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LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 3, 2012 1:35 UTC (Sat) by Kit (guest, #55925) [Link]
Do any distros even offer Apache's version of OpenOffice? I'd presume that it would go pretty much completely in favor of LibreOffice.
LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 3, 2012 11:59 UTC (Sat) by gidoca (subscriber, #62438) [Link]
Gentoo, for instance, has both (albeit only a binary for Apache Open Office).
LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 3, 2012 15:03 UTC (Sat) by chithanh (guest, #52801) [Link]
I am not aware of any other distro besides Gentoo which ships OpenOffice in its main repository (Arch has something similar to Gentoo's openoffice-bin in AUR). Even before LibreOffice was launched, go-oo (basically a fork of OpenOffice.org) was used by all distros, and it was absorbed into LibreOffice later.
Packaging OpenOffice is a pain, and despite Rob Weir's claim:
LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 7, 2012 0:15 UTC (Wed) by rcweir (subscriber, #48888) [Link]
Saying "I would like to see..." is a claim? We're really defining words today, aren't we?
LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 3, 2012 4:32 UTC (Sat) by dberkholz (subscriber, #23346) [Link]
I'd bet Linux use is just a rounding error compared to Windows/Mac.
LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 3, 2012 9:15 UTC (Sat) by Otus (guest, #67685) [Link]
> I'd bet Linux use is just a rounding error compared to Windows/Mac.
I'm not so sure. While Linux desktop usage is an order of magnitude lower
I'd like to see the numbers.
LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 3, 2012 15:09 UTC (Sat) by chithanh (guest, #52801) [Link]
>> I'd bet Linux use is just a rounding error compared to Windows/Mac.
> most Linux users have one of the OO.o derivatives installed.
See the difference? It is users vs. installs. This is mentioned in the linked article too.
You'll need data on how many Linux users actually use LibreOffice (as opposed to Google Docs, Abiword, Calligra, … or even no office suite at all).
LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 5, 2012 11:03 UTC (Mon) by Otus (guest, #67685) [Link]
> See the difference? It is users vs. installs. This is mentioned in the
> linked article too.
There's also a difference between download vs install, and download vs use.
Also, I use LibreOffice only to view documents I get sent or download. I've
LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 5, 2012 14:39 UTC (Mon) by Tom6 (guest, #60418) [Link]
Hi :)
I would guess there are some people that 'never' use any office suite and then suddenly need one for just 1 single issue and then 'never' use it again. I guess some of those do uninstall it to streamline their system while others don't bother and just keep whichever they are given jic they do ever need it. I'm not sure how such usage should be counted. Regards from Tom :)
LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 5, 2012 15:28 UTC (Mon) by Tom6 (guest, #60418) [Link]
Hi :)
I think the only numbers that would really count would be the combined figures and then combined with other OpenSource products such as Google-docs.
I know some people do work in both projects and some bounce backwards and forwards between the 2. Oracle tried to squish it, to prevent people working on both, so some people just sweated-it-out and others created a 2nd on-line identity. While people higher-up in organisations try to create barriers between people the people doing the work just get on with it and find work-arounds.
My guess is that some people work on various different projects at the same time. It would be nice to have some official liason between them but i can't see anyone really having enough time to do that.
LibreOffice and OpenOffice clash over user numbers (OStatic) Posted Nov 5, 2012 15:50 UTC (Mon) by nteon (subscriber, #53899) [Link]
google docs is free to use, but is not open source or free software.
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