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LibreOffice and the art of overreacting

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Re: LibreOffice and the art of overreacting

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Post by c0l0 »

I am already donating the rough equivalent of the cheapest Microsoft 365 subscription to The Document Foundation each year, and won't stop now just because they're increasing the visibility of their donation-based funding model. I hope they succeed, and many more people start contributing financially as a result.

Re: LibreOffice and the art of overreacting

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Post by vntok »

branon wrote: post #2

seems like a missed opportunity not to include a screenshot of said banner in this blog post

> a non-intrusive banner that appears monthly on a transition screen and asks users who save hundreds of euros or dollars a year to consider making a voluntary contribution is not scandalous

Showing that actually pretty intrusive banner would undermine their argument.

Re: LibreOffice and the art of overreacting

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Post by tosti »

vntok wrote: post #5
branon wrote: post #2

seems like a missed opportunity not to include a screenshot of said banner in this blog post

> a non-intrusive banner that appears monthly on a transition screen and asks users who save hundreds of euros or dollars a year to consider making a voluntary contribution is not scandalous Showing that actually pretty intrusive banner would undermine their argument.

Oh come on. If you can create a better program without ever asking for donations, feel free to do so.

Re: LibreOffice and the art of overreacting

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Post by lynx97 »

I am not sure the author realizes that Wikimedia fundraising is indeed controversial, given that we know how much money they already have. Same applies to Mozilla. But maybe they have their own bubble and are focused on negative reactions to recent announcements?

Re: LibreOffice and the art of overreacting

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Post by captn3m0 »

lynx97 wrote: post #7

I am not sure the author realizes that Wikimedia fundraising is indeed controversial, given that we know how much money they already have. Same applies to Mozilla. But maybe they have their own bubble and are focused on negative reactions to recent announcements?

Not Mozilla’s but Thunderbird’s appeals were seen as mostly positive (and independent of Mozilla).

Re: LibreOffice and the art of overreacting

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Post by j16sdiz »

lynx97 wrote: post #7

I am not sure the author realizes that Wikimedia fundraising is indeed controversial, given that we know how much money they already have. Same applies to Mozilla. But maybe they have their own bubble and are focused on negative reactions to recent announcements?

> Same applies to Mozilla.

Not Thunderbird. It is just a poor abandoned child.

Mozilla, maybe.

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