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Reverting Gravity Georg Greve, CEO Introduction Platform Format Bundling Size Conclusion Kontakt Lessons for LibreOffice adoption Georg Greve, CEO 18. October 2012
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Presentation and the LibreOffice Conference in Berlin, Germany about issues that hold back LibreOffice adoption or endanger its lasting success by creating a momentum for re-migration to Microsoft Office on Windows.
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Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
Lessons for LibreOffice adoptionGeorg Greve, CEO
18. October 2012
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
Introductionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation
“Gravitation, or gravity, is a natural phenomenonby which physical bodies attract each other with aforce proportional to their masses.“
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Introductionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum gravity
“If the theory of quantum gravity also achieves agrand unification of the other known interactions,it is referred to as a theory of everything (TOE).“
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IntroductionInformation Technology is Simpler
I Platform
I Format
I Bundling
I Size
= Network Effect
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Platform“Playing a game of gravity against god”
Remember ECMA 234?
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PlatformBut isn’t the desktop dead?
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FormatThe gravitational pull of dead trees
Layman’s understanding:
OOXML compliance?MS-Office application behaviour.
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FormatResult: A rigged race
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FormatODF is still where it’s at
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BundlingOne major roadblock to LibreOffice adoption on Windows
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Displacing OutlookRequirements
Must consider Client and Server
I ServerI Including mobile & web
I ClientI Windows, Mac OS, LinuxI ideally also mobile
I SolutionI based on Open StandardsI must not be Outlook centricI Add options for LibreOffice?
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Displacing OutlookMission possible: Server
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Displacing OutlookMission possible: Client
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There is moreSharepoint
...and no answer yet.
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SizeThe moment we stop pushing...
The answer is collaboration.
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ConclusionAn invitation to work together
Three boosters:Office, Groupware, Browser
Technology & Politics
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