[tdf-discuss] [libreoffice-marketing] Can Openoffice.org rival Microsoft with Libre Office?

Hi Guys,

You may find this article interesting:

Can Openoffice.org rival Microsoft with Libre Office?
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/10/12/243295/Can-Openoffice.org-rival-Microsoft-with-Libre-Office.htm

Regards,

Paul

"Five ways Libre Office can improve to challenge Microsoft
Rebuild community momentum and supplier ecosystem - the current 
steering committee of developers and national language project managers 
in charge of the foundation are unlikely to deliver the boldness of 
vision and swiftness of execution required by the project at this 
juncture. Suppliers need to co-operate to help the team and push the 
agenda forwards.
Improve product for management for enterprise adoption - there is next 
to nothing for the enterprise administrator. Openoffice.org suffers 
from a lack of integration with document content as well as 
collaboration systems despite a wealth of open source offerings in 
these areas.
Rethink the product - rethink the product entirely and start from 
scratch to create an internet-centric suite of modular, easily embedded 
components.
Target developers - it also needs to promote embedding and use by 
developers and companies. For example, while there are many open source 
PHP scripts that enable developers to create Microsoft Office 
documents, not so many of them are available to create Openoffice ones.
Focus on innovation - Firefox was not adopted because it was free but 
because it introduced new features such as multiple tabs.
Source: Laurent Lachal, analyst at Ovum" - 
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/10/12/243295/Can-Openoffice.org-rival-Microsoft-with-Libre-Office.htm

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