"We would be fools if we were not familiar with other office software,
we are intimately aware of the flaws of Abi but love it nonetheless."

The same feelings of real ownership of software is something I think most people directly invovled with free software can relate to. A small argument interuppted the usually idyllic AbiLand and chatting on IRC I got all prosiac about it. The upset this caused only goes to show how friendly and easygoing they abiword developers usually are. Developement can be frustrating at times and arguements are occasionally necessary (unfortunately some project believe everything shoudl be an arguement) but I'm confident things will be worked out and back to normal soon enough.