[libreoffice-marketing] Suse & Collabora Story

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#1

Hi :slight_smile:

Thought a few people here might be interested in this article.

I tried asking for a bit of clarification from the marketing team but they are keen to keep it all a secret.  Does this mean a new fork of LibreOffice or a 3rd party company that provides up to tier 3 technical support for existing branch?  Does it mean the equivalent of an LTS version of LibreOffice?  Can anyone sign-up for it?  Does it cost?

I have been assured that the marketing team does know the answer to this sort of thing but they don't want people outside their team to know.  It's all part of the transparency that exists within TDF.

Regards from

Tom :slight_smile:

#2

​I presume that remark about «transparency»​
​ saw your tongue firmly ensconced in your cheek, Tom....

Henri​

#3

Hi Tom

Tom wrote

I tried asking for a bit of clarification from the marketing team but they
are keen to keep it all a secret.  Does this mean a new fork of
LibreOffice or a 3rd party company that provides up to tier 3 technical
support for existing branch?  Does it mean the equivalent of an LTS
version of LibreOffice?  Can anyone sign-up for it?  Does it cost?

You must have speed-read Simon's article.

No, it's not a secret. No, there is no fork. Collabora will provide the 3rd
tier technical support to paying customers (as Suse did). As for which
branch they will provide support and for how long, you better ask Michael :slight_smile:

In any case why not read from Michael's own words (and links within)?
https://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2013-09-03-collabora.html

Cheers,
Pedro

#4

​Sounds good, Pedro. But you might want to inform Mr Meeks that there are,
indeed, lots of Swedish conspiracies. as those keeping up with the daily
news know....

Henri​

#5

Hi Henri

mhenriday wrote

​Sounds good, Pedro. But you might want to inform Mr Meeks that there are,
indeed, lots of Swedish conspiracies. as those keeping up with the daily
news know....

I also believe that TDF is not so transparent. But in this case the answers
to most of Tom's questions are already public.

I am not affiliated or a member of TDF or Collabora so it's not up to me to
inform Michael Meeks.

Could you share some links about those conspiracies?

Regards,
Pedro

#6

​Sorry, Pedro, it was a joke on my part, just as ​Michael's reference to
«the Swedish conspiracy» was a joke on his. But let me assure you that here
in Sweden we do have lots of conspiracies, such as the cooperation between
the British GCHQ and our very own FRA, as revealed by Duncan Campbell
yesterday in testimony before the European Parliament....

Henri

#7

Hi :slight_smile:
Sorry about "throwing a strop" yday.  There is 1 person that routinely blocks any post i try to make to the marketing list.  It's not "all of TDF".  Just a couple of individuals having a personality clash, not a conspiracy.

I've been trying to remember a quote from "Lord Vetinari" in Terry Pratchett's "Diskworld" paper-back series.  Despite being a ruthless dictator he claims to prefer "openness" and "transparency" because then people see straight through it and don't even see what is right in front of them in the same way that it's difficult to see the air.

Anyway, Pedro gave me an excellent answer and i thoroughly enjoyed reading Michael Meek's blog.  It sounds like an excellent project.  It doesn't sound like an LTS but the extra level of support should be interesting and might be something that gives corporates more confidence in adopting LO.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: