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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Nobody Ever Lay On Their Deathbed Thinking ...
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Joel wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> wrote:
>>On 12/31/2024 9:34 PM, Joel wrote:
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> ... “I wish I’d spent more time in Microsoft Office”.
>>> 
>>> M$ Office is the epitome of what's wrong with commercial software.
>>> Even as a Winblows fanboy I didn't like Office.  I liked their OS,
>>> naively enough, but OO/LO spoke my language, even before I really took
>>> Linux seriously.
>>
>>Fact is, you don't know what you're talking about re: office software in 
>>general and MS Office in particular.  You didn't 12 years ago when you 
>>made truly lame arguments, and you don't today.
>>
>>If you actually knew what you were talking about, you'd know LibreOffice 
>>is the huge memory sucking bloatware.  Plus it's slow (at least on 
>>Windows).  Plus LO Basic is pure crap.  Plus LO Base is a sad joke. Plus 
>>the form and report designers are bogus.  Plus LO has no email 
>>component.  Plus the documentation is crap.
>>
>>If the devs had any shame they would walk away from that suckware, like 
>>you and everyone else should - and would if it weren't free.

My gawd, the fact-free whining!

> Office is what people are used to.  It wins on sheer numbers, and
> validly on Wintendo features, if you demand that.  LO and others do
> well, though.

The irony is this: how much has DFS used LibreOffice in order to make all
the claims above?

    https://www.reddit.com/r/libreoffice/comments/xvdy2b/can_libreoffice_replace_ms_office/?rdt=54075

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<Knghtbrd> I can think of lots of people who need USER=ID10T someplace!