Tuesday, July 23, 2013

LibreOffice blows... its chance at credibility

I have long believed that the open source movement tends to produce higher quality software than commercial companies. However, many people seem to think that LibreOffice sucks. I wonder why?

Recently, Andreas Grech posted the following screenshot of the LibreOffice updates window, on Facebook:


Then, just yesterday, I uninstalled LibreOffice because I wasn't using it, and got this:


What this means is that the folks behind LibreOffice don't even bother to test their software. Now seriously, are we really supposed to trust our precious essays, theses, and shopping lists in the clutches of such abysmal software? Hell no.