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> Why wouldn't most companies try to get employees to use Libre Office instead of MS Office? Shouldn't it be sufficient for most people? Should be, but when it
by drivingmenuts 12y ago
> Why wouldn't most companies try to get employees to use Libre Office instead of MS Office? Shouldn't it be sufficient for most people?
Should be, but when it comes down to it, it just isn't Microsoft Office. Kind of like GIMP isn't Photoshop.
> Btw, are there some features that you feel that you're missing?
As a Mac user - full integration into the desktop experience. We get the same from Microsoft Office, but, of course, it's Microsoft Office and we're used to it there.
Look, I'm not going to claim that it makes sense. However, if you're going to beat Microsoft Office, you have to be far, far better than it. No almost-there, not equal, but demonstrably better.
And not on moral grounds, either. Most users aren't going to give a damn about moral grounds.
- chris_wot 12y agoWhat sort of things are missing though? Genuinely interested - I'm always curious to see what is blocking folks from switching.
- mepcotterell 12y agoThe experience they've grown accustomed to.
- chris_wot 12y agoPerhaps someone could give me a real answer. Thanks!
- webjprgm 12y agoBoth LibreOffice and OpenOffice tend to crash on me. I stopped using them, but my wife still does and they still occasionally crash/hang on her. So in terms of stability I cannot recommend them. They also just look uglier. I have not looked at this new LO version yet.
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- all_your_gold 12y agoAt least for me, OOXML compatibility is the largest blocker - I have some documents which just won't open correctly with LibreOffice. Though this is becoming less and less of an issue, I still keep Office 2007 in a virtual machine just to turn them at least into PDFs.
- xioxox 12y agoI mainly use PowerPoint for science talks. I'd like to use Impress, but it's very buggy. It may be caused by importing PPT(X) files, but parts of slides become randomly uneditable and styles randomly don't work. The PPTX import often randomly breaks.
- overgryphon 12y agoThis is the wrong question to ask. What blocks people from switching isn't some specific MS Office feature missing in LibreOffice. It's a lack of compelling features in LibreOffice that are not available in competing products to justify the cost of migration.
- ZenoArrow 12y agoI would suggest a VBA implementation in Calc would do a lot for getting LO taken more seriously in the business world. Also bear in mind that Office is a moving target. Office 2016 is due out this year... http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/22/microsoft-announces-office-2016-slated-for-release-in-the-second-half-of-2015/ http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/22/microsoft-announces-office...