For every micro-second Libre/Open Office stays ugly or slow, I pass the time by thinking about how cripled/proprietary MS Office is, and time flies fast. YMMV.
You're replying to a post in a thread about Microsoft limiting the number of installs per license. I don't know about your definition, but that qualifies as "crippling" in my book.
I choose to use Free software because I value my time and freedom. It's Libre/Open Office for me. You are free to choose whatever you want.
Enjoy your crippled - functionally - piece of software.
There, I said it. LibreOffice may be alright, but it's certainly not good. It looks like it came out of the 90s, and it, nor anyone else's, spreadsheet making will never even come close to Excel's.
I work in the financial services industry, so no I don't have a choice. I love Free software and dual boot Linux on all my personal machines, but I give credit to MS where credit is due - Office is a very good suite of software.
Sure, but Office is a tool that lets my users do their job. I don't have time for a philosophical war. I'm supposed to tell Excel power users that they need to use Calc now? They would laugh in my face (and rightfully so).
Nothing philosophical about it. We use Libre Calc to manage 3 million dollar / week budget. I am happy with it, coworkers are happy with it, and its liberal license has never stopped us from doing our job :-)
Seriously what is wrong with Libre/Open Office's slow ugly UI? I mean even GIMP finally managed to modernise its look and feel.