On 11/29/2010 03:23 PM, Sebastian Spaeth wrote:
I am sure we will get to a sensible feature and default set, at least I see that as one of the advantages of not being controlled by a single corporate entity anymore. Previously, they could do whatever they (and their marketing dep. wanted).
Please avoid these statements, as the OOo project has never been driven by marketing people (and I have been inside that project for over seven years). After 30 years in marketing of high-technology products, I can officially say that the OOo project is definitely the single software project most adverse to marketing in IT history.
From a marketing point of view, I can say - and I can show evidence - that OOo has always been driven by developers, or - if you prefer - by technical people. Marketing is a different discipline, and one of the main objectives of marketing is to serve the user (although this is definitely not the case in high technology).
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