Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying."
by paxy on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:02PM
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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
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Like? Wouldn't be surprised if those features don't matter for the 95th percentile.
Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying."
by hobo123 on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:14PM
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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.
Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying."
by lanyard-textile on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:20PM
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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?
Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying."
by htrp on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:34PM
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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
Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying."
by dotancohen on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:41PM
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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.