If Libre Office or Open Office really want to get ahead, they need to innovate on their user interface. Being libre/free isn't enough of a reason for some of us, what we need is ease of use and productivity. The Ribbon has been a great step forward IMO and I'd love to see the Libre team challenge it with something even better. Traditional menu bars feel so... 90s.
You are literally the first person (not counting Microsoft press releases) that I have ever heard praise the ribbon UI. If you like it, great, but I'm pretty sure you're in the minority.
Literally every person I've talked to in the corporate world enjoys the ribbon. Only geeks dislike it. It's like saying GUIs are stupid because a geek can be proficient on a command line.
