• Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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    54 minutes ago

    I like how their release announcements always kind of read like press releases. Even when it’s just the third maintenance release for some normal release train.

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    14 hours ago

    It’s disgusting how many businesses have been herded into wasting money on products they can be using for free, then convincing customers they “need more money.”

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      10 hours ago

      LibreOffice is pretty far from Microsoft Office. Even Google’s suite is more polished. Like it or not, funding behind a project helps build a stronger product.

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      13 hours ago

      Probably better to think of spending their money on an open ecosystem, instead of just using something for “free”. If software products have sufficient funding they can better improve the products and can continue to exist - without some form of monetisation most wouldn’t still be around.

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        13 hours ago

        I believe it’s a chicken and an egg problem.

        If free software projects had more users, those users would improve the software further with donations, patches, and bug reports.

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          13 hours ago

          I think both can be true. I just mean if we’re talking about a company paying for Microsoft Office vs LibreOffice.

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          9 hours ago

          No.

          There is enough LibreOffice users to realize that the curve of the donations over users isn’t proportional.

          When was the last time you donated?

          Exactly.