Quote: "I have long been a proponent of OpenOffice and LibreOffice. While I still think they are fine options for the financially challenged, they are no match

Quote: "I have long been a proponent of OpenOffice and LibreOffice. While I still think they are fine options for the financially challenged, they are no match for Office 2013." That's quite an argument you have there -- LibreOffice exists only for those poor souls who can't afford Office 2013. It's a variation on the elitist notion that things with no cost have no value. That outlook fails many basic kinds of reality-check, like free sunsets. I call it the "Pet Rock syndrome". An ordinary rock has no value -- but if you put it in a box and sell it, it acquires value by having a price: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock When we evaluate something based more on its price than what it actually does, we let the tail wag the dog. It's like therapy -- once you could productively talk over your personal problems with your Aunt Tilly on a porch swing. Now you're under pressure to consult a mental health professional, even though studies show therapy doesn't possess an advantage over the time-tested Aunt Tilly approach: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8561380 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8561380