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.
1 of 17
Download to read offline
More Related Content
Reverting Gravity - Lessons for LibreOffice adoption
1. Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
Lessons for LibreO鍖ce adoption
Georg Greve, CEO
18. October 2012
2. Introduction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
Gravitation, or gravity, is a natural phenomenon
by which physical bodies attract each other with a
force proportional to their masses.
3. Introduction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum gravity
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
If the theory of quantum gravity also achieves a
grand uni鍖cation of the other known interactions,
it is referred to as a theory of everything (TOE).
4. Introduction
Information Technology is Simpler
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
Platform
Format = Network E鍖ect
Bundling
Size
5. Platform
Playing a game of gravity against god
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Remember ECMA 234?
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
6. Platform
But isnt the desktop dead?
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
7. Format
The gravitational pull of dead trees
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format Laymans understanding:
Bundling OOXML compliance?
Size MS-O鍖ce application behaviour.
Conclusion
Kontakt
8. Format
Result: A rigged race
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
9. Format
ODF is still where its at
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
10. Bundling
One major roadblock to LibreO鍖ce adoption on Windows
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
11. Displacing Outlook
Requirements
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO Must consider Client and Server
Introduction
Platform Server
Format
Including mobile & web
Bundling
Size Client
Conclusion Windows, Mac OS, Linux
Kontakt ideally also mobile
Solution
based on Open Standards
must not be Outlook centric
Add options for LibreO鍖ce?
12. Displacing Outlook
Mission possible: Server
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
13. Displacing Outlook
Mission possible: Client
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
14. There is more
Sharepoint
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
...and no answer yet.
15. Size
The moment we stop pushing...
Reverting Gravity
Georg Greve, CEO
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
The answer is collaboration.
16. Conclusion
An invitation to work together
Reverting Gravity
Three boosters:
Georg Greve, CEO
O鍖ce, Groupware, Browser
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kontakt
Technology & Politics
17. More Information
Reverting Gravity
Try Kolab
Georg Greve, CEO
http://kolabsys.com/try
Introduction
Platform
Format
Bundling
Size
Conclusion
Kolab Community
Kontakt http://kolab.org
Kolab Systems AG
http://kolabsys.com