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bawolff 3 hours ago

> People won't want to use products with so much drama and uncertainty.

Really? You think the average user cares about this drama?

Arainach 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Businesses and governments do, and they're both the target market and the drivers behind digital sovereignty efforts.

notatoad 23 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The average user is not aware of this project’s existence. LibreOffice is a niche project for tech nerds.

I’m one of them. I’m a fan. But be real. every single person I’ve tried to share it with has reacted with a collective “uh, who cares? I’ll just use ms word or Google Docs”

The only mainstream success it has had is institutional users with an open source mandate like a few European governments. And those aren’t exactly average users either.

toss1 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't think GP is talking about average users; they seem to be talking about decision-makers in organizations, e.g., a town board that wants to achieve digital independence, but is made unsure by apparent turmoil in the governance in open source orgs...

stronglikedan 14 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Really? You think the average user is a TDF user?