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As you implicitly identify, the problem is that LibreOffice isn’t better than Word. Users learn new things all the time, and are strongly motivated to do so wh
by confounded 9y ago
As you implicitly identify, the problem is that LibreOffice isn’t better than Word.
Users learn new things all the time, and are strongly motivated to do so when it offers real benefits, and hold a real grudge when it’s for cost savings (or an ideological concept they don’t identify with).
A FOSS MS Office killer would be more like Google docs or Etherpad, and would be way easier to open source across platforms, and maintain collaboratively.
It could offer huge benefits beyond authorization and collaboration, such as open APIs so departments can automate bureaucratic review processes, or publishing to blogs and websites.