| ▲ | 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? | ||