XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > On Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:58:10 +0000, Tyrone wrote:   
   >   
   >>    
   >   
   > With Free Software, “lifetime” really does mean “lifetime”.   
   >   
   > With proprietary software, they can break your licence any time they   
   > like.   
   >   
   >> At prices like this, "free" software is not worth the hassle.   
   >   
   > The “hassle” is with the proprietary licensing rigmarole. Free   
   > Software frees you from that.   
      
   It's an easy choice. If you need exact compatibility with   
   Microsoft's 6000-page "standards" document, get Microsoft and   
   pay for it.   
      
   If you need a good office package at a low price, with a fair   
   amount of compatibilty with Microsoft Office, use Libreoffice   
   or some of the other packages out there.   
      
   Complete Microsoft compatibility is a niche need.   
      
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