An ongoing rivalry between Microsoft Office and the open-source alternative LibreOffice remains heated, with arguably no clear winner. Many lean toward Office, even if only in part, for its ribbon UI, first introduced in 2007 and significantly overhauled in 2021.
LibreOffice doesn’t share the same view. The open-source alternative to Microsoft Office recently emphasized its advantages, arguing that users who prefer Office’s ribbon UI are “demonstrating incompetence regarding formats on one hand, and subservience to proprietary marketing on the other.”
