On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 7:54 PM, A. Mani <[email protected]> wrote:
> From the wikipedia founder's blog > > Free Knowledge requires Free Software and Free File Formats > By Jimmy Wales > > People sometimes ask me why I’m so adamant that Wikipedia must always > use free software, even when in some cases it might be the case that > proprietary software might be more convenient or better suited for > some particular need that we have. The current LibreOffice works pretty well for most straightforward operations. The learning curve from other office packages is minimal, and I have used several over the years, including at least three comprehensive proprietary office suites. Each had its own advantages and disadvantages, and I cannot help but think that blind allegiance to any one of them is simply egotistical rather than based on sound logic. As Wales points out, there may always be some combination of needs that makes one package superior to another. With LibreOffice, one is free to file such a combination as a bug and have a reasonable chance of getting it addressed, even if one is not actually competent to sorting out the problem oneself. -- Vickram Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com>
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