▲ 63 ▼ Forking frenzy ensues after Euro-Office launch sparks OnlyOffice backlash (www.theregister.com) submitted 7 months ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/foss@beehaw.org 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] 01011@monero.town 4 points 7 months ago (4 children) What's wrong with LibreOffice? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social [S] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) Many complain about bad UX, if nextcloud is going through this amount of effort to make a fork, then those people have a point permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Elleo@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Just to clarify, NextCloud aren't forking LibreOffice, they're forking OnlyOffice. They're two very different projects (OnlyOffice is a web based office suite, whereas LibreOffice is primarily desktop based, although there is work on making a web version) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social [S] 2 points 7 months ago There's apparently been a fallout between ColabraOffice and LibreOffice, which is why LibreOffice is now building a web version. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago Also read about much old cruft and tech debt. Aka it's easier to steer a new sjip than repair and manage an old one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social [S] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children) Many complain about bad UX, if nextcloud is going through this amount of effort to make a fork, then those people have a point permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Elleo@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Just to clarify, NextCloud aren't forking LibreOffice, they're forking OnlyOffice. They're two very different projects (OnlyOffice is a web based office suite, whereas LibreOffice is primarily desktop based, although there is work on making a web version) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social [S] 2 points 7 months ago There's apparently been a fallout between ColabraOffice and LibreOffice, which is why LibreOffice is now building a web version. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago Also read about much old cruft and tech debt. Aka it's easier to steer a new sjip than repair and manage an old one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Elleo@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Just to clarify, NextCloud aren't forking LibreOffice, they're forking OnlyOffice. They're two very different projects (OnlyOffice is a web based office suite, whereas LibreOffice is primarily desktop based, although there is work on making a web version) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social [S] 2 points 7 months ago There's apparently been a fallout between ColabraOffice and LibreOffice, which is why LibreOffice is now building a web version. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social [S] 2 points 7 months ago There's apparently been a fallout between ColabraOffice and LibreOffice, which is why LibreOffice is now building a web version. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago Also read about much old cruft and tech debt. Aka it's easier to steer a new sjip than repair and manage an old one. permalink fedilink source parent