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Reverting Gravity
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Lessons for LibreOffice adoptionGeorg Greve, CEO
18. October 2012
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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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Reverting Gravity
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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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