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I think your argument is a little outdated because libre software has come a long way in the past few decades. I couldn't imagine not being able to turn a manuscript into a publishable product with FOSS software in the state they are today.
If your argument is that it would take longer because someone has to relearn the interface, that's just because they're used to one and not the other. If it's because they prefer features that the other doesn't have, that's just preference but easily circumvented.
The only other way I could see there being a difference is because of patented features, but that's a discussion that's already been had in this thread. And it's not about open-source developers being in any way worse than closed-source developers.
I'll confess to not having compared them in the last 10 years or so, and I'd be happily surprised to be wrong, but I'm betting that "long way" is mostly in terms of features used by casual/home users, not power users who use the software on a professional basis to do professional work. .