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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro |
| Date | 2025-12-18 10:07 +0000 |
| Organization | A little, after lunch |
| Message-ID | <10i0joo$6r0p$6@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <6941d11c@news.ausics.net> <10hskdh$32b9t$6@dont-email.me> <6943187a@news.ausics.net> <10hv9u6$3sj01$4@dont-email.me> <10hvf6f$3u6t2$2@dont-email.me> |
On 17/12/2025 23:43, Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2025-12-17, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > >> On 18 Dec 2025 06:54:18 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> >>> OK, so what? [Strawman omitted] >> >> The point being that LibreOffice is no longer “trying to clone commercial >> offerings”, as you originally said. > > My point is: was it *ever* doing that? Even when it was commercial, was > it trying to clone anything that much? > Yes. It wanted to be an alternative to Microsoft office and data compatible with it. In fact faced with a circular letter containing a latest MS word document I had to downloaded the latest LO to read it., I then exported it to the whole list of people the email had been sent to as a PDF. When the author said "but MSword is the standard". I replied (a) no, it isn't (b) this format is only readable by the latest version which costs money. Or via Libre Office -- Microsoft : the best reason to go to Linux that ever existed.
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Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-16 01:21 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-16 12:16 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-17 07:37 +1000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-16 21:53 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-18 06:54 +1000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-17 22:13 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-17 23:43 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-18 01:26 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-18 10:07 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-19 08:28 +1000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-19 08:24 +1000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-19 01:08 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-17 13:20 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-17 13:57 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-17 14:34 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-17 20:23 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-17 23:41 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-18 01:20 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-18 10:02 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> - 2025-12-20 07:17 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-18 10:01 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-18 09:59 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-18 06:43 +1000
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