5 Myths About OpenOffice.org / LibreOffice

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Bruce Byfield
Oct 26, 2010

“Most free software accumulates myths. Most people only know
about it second hand (if at all), but few are slowed by the fact
that they don’t know what they are talking about.

“As a large desktop application that is also cross-platform,
OpenOffice.org (or should I say LibreOffice?) seems to have
attracted more myths than most. Here are the top five that I have
kept stumbling across in eight years of advocacy: OpenOffice.org
Can’t Be Any Good Because It’s Free

“Most free software has faced this myth at one time or other.
And, to be honest, sometimes it’s true, in that some free software
compares unfavorably with its proprietary counterparts.”


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