On Oct 17, 7:06 am, Linonut <lino...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, cc belched out this bit o' wisdom:
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> > On Oct 16, 7:40 pm, Linonut <lino...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> After takin' a swig o' grog, cc belched out this bit o' wisdom:
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> >> >>http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/368
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> >> > "This turned into predictions on how long it will be before Linux
> >> > desktop software is ready for a broader user base."
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> >> > "Next, the participants engaged in a long discussion of the weak
> >> > points of the OpenOffice.org office suite. Mark describes the current
> >> > state of OO.org as being "a bit of a tragedy." He believes that the
> >> > problem with it is the bungling interaction between the "corporate
> >> > folks" and the community, also remarking that potential contributors
> >> > are deterred from participating due to extremely long build times for
> >> > OO.org -- 8 to 9 hours. He says if he doesn't see signs of a
> >> > turnaround in the next few months he'll start looking elsewhere for
> >> > Ubuntu's included office suite."
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> >> "He believes that ultimately the success of OpenOffice.org in
> >> specific, and community-developed software in general, requires that
> >> it switch to a Firefox-style model in which the core software is
> >> small, streamlined, and handled by a small team, and additional
> >> functionality can be easily added by the wider community through
> >> extensions, without the need to compile a massive amount of code or
> >> have commit access."
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> > So Linux doesn't have a broad user base, and OO is a bit of a tragedy
> > at the moment, but plans are in place for its improvement. Now you
> > tell me, was the most important point of that article that
> > Shuttleworth wants open source to win? There were plenty of better
> > points to advocate on.
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I don't understand what you're confused about. Mr. Schestowitz took a
perfectly good Linux article, with honest opinions from Shuttleworth
and a link to the entire interview, found one tiny paragraph that
doesn't begin to describe what the article was about, and then linked
to it. What was the point?
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