I think the issue is that people do not know how to use the tools. I've used both LaTeX and Word extensively and i'll stick with Word. On the basis of using W

I think the issue is that people do not know how to use the tools. I've used both LaTeX and Word extensively and i'll stick with Word. On the basis of using Word 2007 and above, I can separate content from layout quite happily, have piles of templates I have written, I can programatically control it (I have written authoring platforms on top of Word), I can merge and diff documents from my version control system, embed information from other programs (this can be a sod in LaTeX) and I can typeset math quite happily. I can also collaborate with other people quite easily which is not the case with LaTeX.