[bityard]

There's a word for people who expect to get things for free without giving anything back to the authors or community that made it possible.

[Yhippa]

There's also a phrase for people who give things away for free and expect something in return.

[Dayshine]

Could you point me at the paid for equivalent for excel on Linux? If he donated even a thousand dollars he wouldn't get the product he can get for almost free on windows.

[SyneRyder]

Doesn't Excel run under Wine? That might actually be the better option.

(LibreOffice user here on Windows, donated in the past, but I find LibreOffice Calc really unpolished. It puzzles me because NeoOffice is really quite good on the Mac. I should probably just switch to MS Office.)

[stjohnswarts]

Certain versions yep :) . Although I'm not sure it's flawless. Crossover office is best if you're going down that route, or just put windows in a VM and run it there if it's crucial to your work. That's what I do.

[esyir]

This just turns Foss into the inferior but free option, and I don't think that was the intention.