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LibreOffice is the fork of OpenOffice (now Apache OpenOffice) that
is the more popular of the two.
On Linux is it probably the most serious office suite. So I'd
think it is in a similar position as Thunderbird there.</blockquote>
I'm trowing figures here from memory, but if I remember correctly,
Linux is around 15% of LibreOffice users, rest is mostly Windows and
some Mac.<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:559E8EA6.50705@gmail.com" type="cite"> well
that would mean that there is "only" a 1 in 1000 ratio for
voluntary donations / user. And OpenOffice is a "big" software -
most users would probably classify it as more complicated /
complex than Thunderbird (and maybe by extension more in need of
financial support?).<br>
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Do the users get any direct benefits from donating?<br>
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No, users don't get anything except satisfaction that suite is in
development.<br>
To become member of The Document Foundation you need to contribute
somehow to community (coding, translations, QA etc...). Memeber get
votes, 1 per memeber and can vote some gouverning bodies.<br>
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LibreOffice has paid staff, but I don't think any of those are paid.<br>
Paid staff is 1 for infrastructure, 1 "director", 1 community
coordinator and 1 rescently contracted marketing lead, which lead
marketing effort for free uptil now.<br>
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Most of developers are volunteers (some probably hoping they can
earn something from it since they get certified in the end and can
be hired by companies to fix bugs, introduce new feautures for them
etc.) and rest are paid developers by Red Hat, Canonical, Collabora
(most active in contribution, but they earn directly from that) and
rest of companies.<br>
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This is most from memory, since I'm on LibreOffice mailing lists (I
translate there).<br>
If you want some insight, you should probably contact them and talk
a bit.<br>
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Mihovil<br>
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