Re: [libreoffice-users] Nitpicking on a name

anne-ology wrote on 7/27/2014 3:18 PM:
>        "silly is as silly does" this is not;
>             rather inane, bordering on insane  ;-)
>
>        OpenOffice was referred to as OO ...
>            LibreOffice was an offshoot of this thus LO.
>
>        [and yes, I have used this program since the days of OO.]
>
>        BTW - Microsoft is properly abbreviated as MsFt -
>           check any financial paper if you disbelieve.
>
>        MS stands for Multiple Sclerosis; which is a crippling disease which
> some folks have -
>           [and yes, I know some who do have this disease]
>          therefore to use this acronym for other things seems to be a slap
> in the face to these disabled folks.

I really think you have to consider the context where LO or MS is used.
Both LO and MS stand for many things.


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