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   Computer Nerd Kev to Nuno Silva   
   Re: Please do not donate to any Linux di   
   19 Dec 25 08:28:30   
   
   From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   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?   
      
   Certainly moreso than other open-source programs for individual   
   office suite tasks like Ted for word processing and Xfig for   
   graphics.   
      
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