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   Computer Nerd Kev to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Please do not donate to any Linux di   
   18 Dec 25 06:54:18   
   
   From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On 17 Dec 2025 07:37:32 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   >> Well I don't know what modern M$ Office is like, but   
   >> Open/LibreOffice is definitely similar to M$ office versions in the   
   >> 2000s when it started.   
   >   
   > Sure. But not any more. Those proprietary packages are now taking a   
   > very different direction. And LibreOffice is going its own way.   
      
   OK, so what? LibreOffice are going to slim down their office suite   
   so they can develop it without accepting donations now? I doubt it.   
   Regardless of how other office suites have changed, the design that   
   LibreOffice is following requires more than your typical hobby   
   level of developer time.   
      
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