[tdf-discuss] Re: Vision/Mission

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:51 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@freenet.de> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This only saw a little bit of discussion on the marketing list (after
> the first draft was met with silence here).
>
> I like the interpretation, that there is not much to anything
> objectionable or to add, better than the alternatives, so I went on and
> placed the newest version on:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Mission
>
> Actually, I would really like to have a better definition of what is
> being addressed with a so called office suite. What's the thing that
> ties the package together?
>
>
> --
> Thorsten Wilms

I use LibreOffice, but I don't use an "office productivity solution"
(c&p'd from Mission). What's needed is a phrase that accurately and
succinctly provides a conceptual container for LibreOffice elements.
Something that connects for users. To me, "office productivity
solution" or "office suite" sound like overblown marketing (no offense
meant by that).

Kudos to Microsoft for laying claim to "Office". The "kleenex" of
business software...a generic name. Microsoft also use "office suite",
and have likely somewhere used something about "office productivity".

"LibreOffice" already locates the products in the Office world. It may
be that people now associate "Office" with the kinds of tasks that
LibreOffice supports. But how about a student paper, a recipe
collection, and other activities that are not really done at or in an
office?

How about just a simple statement of the LibreOffice components?
Suggestions below, none of which do the trick for me, but maybe a
trigger for more creative people...

LibreOffice Tools for Work
Software for writing, presenting and record-keeping
LibreOffice Collection
LibreOffice Tools for (the) People

This is a hard question, Thorsten. But it's a good one to communicate
whatever sets LibO apart.

Carl

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