Comment 1529 for bug 1

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 19:46, justfred <email address hidden> wrote:
> In my opinion (and possibly it has been mentioned before but I did not
> have the courage to read through all the posts) the main problem is the
> office suite one.

I would say (and you mention also other examples like AutoDESK
Inventor), it is branch specific and other widely adopted packages
(like MS Office) that often create real headache. I know the MS Office
issue very well. While it worked already acceptable for .doc etc
formats, with .docx etc it got worse again.

I myself switched to Open Office long before I switched from Windows
to Ubuntu, just because it was the more reliable product (regarding
crashes and particular very annoying bugs). In cases where I write the
documentation, I solely use LibreOffice now on my Ubuntu machine. But
all my collegues are using MS Office (I am the only Ubuntu user among
about 130 people) and I get all type of crazy stuff - including MS
OneNote files or Outlook e-mail template files (I am using
Thunderbird). They are just too used to it and ignore the different.
And yes, it is one reason that holds Ubuntu back from gaining more
market share.

> So, IMHO, it is not the quality of the OS that is holding back the
> penetration of the Linux OS in the market, but rather the lack of an
> office suite that is compatible with,

Summed up: There is a lack of interoperability.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 23:35, Pako <email address hidden> wrote:
> Technical  - Ubuntu should drop xorg in favor of Wayland,
> 50% of bugs will be fixed immediately.

I imagine, you are right, but my fear is that Wayland also has a lot
of teething troubles - as Unity has. It is not very helpful, fixing 50
bugs, but introducing 60 new... ;-]

> Windows uses 90% of GPU to draw the GUI, that's why is so snappy.
> Philosophical - Ubuntu should drop the stupid services like "Brainstorming"
> I like the fact that GNOME developers don't give a sh*t about users
> for their wishes and ideas

It is better to invest into convincing people instead of building
walls to hold them back and avoid them to speak to others. I find the
community very important. Probably, Canonical should improve their way
of communicating the reasons for their decisions. I for myself - after
digging a little - understood, why the are creating Unity.
Nevertheless it is still not stable enough for my needs and the
community and Canonical should know and act on such
Community-feedback.

Best regards, Martin.
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Martin Wildam

http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam