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LibreOffice 6.4 nearly done as open-source office software project prepares for 10th anniversary

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Re: I think you underestimate it...

"why more people aren't standardizing on Libre Office is beyond me..."

An example of a sane reason is a grammar school friend whose major source of income is income from sales of a college textbook. He appreciates a bargain as much as the next person and maybe more than most. He gets no joy from sending money to Microsoft regularly. But he doesn't feel that he can take the risk that his publisher might have trouble with his updates if he doesn't use Word. If he uses the publisher's preferred version of Word and the publisher can't read the file(s) it's (probably) not his problem.

Hard to argue with that

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