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Xiaomi aims to knock Apple off its branch with move into computers

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Re: seriously

"General-purpose users won't want it. Sorry, LibreOffice simply is not as good as iWork."

Quite frankly most "general purpose users" in the world at large would be quite happy if they never saw another office suite again. It's pretty rare outside of an el Reg commentard section that I see people wailing and gnashing teeth at the thought of not being able to run MS Office or iWork.

It looks like Xiaomi are addressing the home/consumer market rather than the business desktop market, a decent browser carries more weight than an office suite in that market. FWIW I have found that LibreOffice works well enough in that sector, your own struggles notwithstanding.

"But why bother when you can get the real thing and not need to go to extra trouble?"

Multiple vendor OS, less/zero "telemetry", better control over updates, vulnerabilities are published rather than swept under the carpet, cheaper & less restrictive SW licenses, easier to use and maintain, better "interoperability".

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