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		anuraj on Oct 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Microsoft Word must die Word is an end user product - not open source - not developer friendly - want a developer friendly format - work with ODF or similar entities pushing open standards. Word does its job fairly well.

gggmaster on Oct 18, 2013 [–]

There are many better open source alternatives for end users. Being locked into one product is not a good thing.

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