"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying."

Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by belval on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:46PM (#50487046)

That seems different though. If you are paying a fixed cost for offline software, you are not entitled to updates for it, that seems like wanting to have your cake and eat it too.

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by Gualdrapo on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:52PM (#50487135)

> That seems different though. If you are paying a fixed cost for offline software, you are not entitled to updates for it

I don't know, back in my day you could get at least discounts on updates for your paid software.

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by cwnyth on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:58PM (#50487226)

It costs nothing to update to the newest LibreOffice.

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by paxy on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:02PM (#50487279)

The cost is all the features you are missing.

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by consp on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:15PM (#50487488)

Like? Wouldn't be surprised if those features don't matter for the 95th percentile.

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by hobo123 on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:14PM (#50488340)

Like loading or saving CSV files and choosing the separator character.

I don't remember which, but Excel doesn't do one of them. Oh, did he say _LibreOffice_ is missing features. Well, probably it does too.

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by lanyard-textile on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:20PM (#50487548)

I feel like the word processor as a product is fairly "finished." There's not much about it that'd you want to change year over year. Are there any new features to write home about?

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by htrp on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:34PM (#50487780)

I think the word processor, and the office suite have advanced features that would be better suited in a programming language. like mail merge or macros....

do you really need them in a day and age where you have an llm subscription is a different question

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by dotancohen on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:41PM (#50487878)

That's how I feel about using MS Office. I have a text file somewhere of all the things I couldn't do with MS Office at my last gig, that I do regularly with LibreOffice.

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by MrDrMcCoy on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:14PM (#50490752)

Please share it!

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by b00ty4breakfast on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:36PM (#50487804)

I guess technically you aren't entitled to anything wrt software; They could charge you a monthly fee to use the v1.out.of.date and stop providing updates unless you start paying for v2.the.latest.

You would rightfully be upset, and it might even be a bad business move but you aren't "entitled" to anything but what is shoved onto your plate like gruel in a Dickensian workhouse cafeteria

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by stackghost on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:43PM (#50487907)

I think most people would be happy to pay $250, or whatever, for an office suite that worked and was free of serious/security-relevant bugs.

The idea that you can release a shoddy product full of bugs and then expect people to pay you for the privilege of fixing your shitty product only exists in software.

In no other industry would that be okay. Automakers, for example, issue recalls when their products have safety defects, and then they fix them on the company's dime. Remind me again who's acting entitled?

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