"When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news." That, in the words of John B. Bogart of the New York Sun, is a classic rule of press coverage. The ordinary is not news. The expected … [Continue reading] about A Tale of Two Cities
LibreOffice’s Dubious Claims: Part 3, Developers
(This post represents my personal opinion only. The standard disclaimer applies.) In previous posts I looked at claims made by LibreOffice, in project blog posts and press releases, related to the number of LibreOffice users and the number of … [Continue reading] about LibreOffice’s Dubious Claims: Part 3, Developers
LibreOffice’s Dubious Claims: Part 2, Community Size
(This post represents my personal opinion only. The standard disclaimer applies.) In a previous post I looked at how LibreOffice inflates its user and download stats, claiming to have far more users than it actually has. Several journalists took … [Continue reading] about LibreOffice’s Dubious Claims: Part 2, Community Size
LibreOffice’s Dubious Claims: Part I, Download Counts
(This post represents my personal opinion only. The standard disclaimer applies.) Part II is here and Part III is here. The Claims I've recently read some implausible claims from the LibreOffice project, concerning their stats for downloads … [Continue reading] about LibreOffice’s Dubious Claims: Part I, Download Counts
From the Whispers of ApacheCon…
From the whispers of ApacheCon, OpenOffice.org may never leave the incubator project. The intention may be to do a thorough code audit and produce one last, clean release that the rival LibreOffice can absorb. That was what you may have heard 10 … [Continue reading] about From the Whispers of ApacheCon…