With Microsoft Dumping MS Office, Consider LibreOffice for Your PC Office Suite

Re:With Microsoft Dumping MS Office, Consider LibreOffice fo... by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @03:47PM (#20689530)

I thought Office 365 gave you the desktop apps as well as the online versions. That doesn't sound like Microsoft dumping Office, rather pushing its customers into a subscription.

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Re:With Microsoft Dumping MS Office, Consider LibreOffice fo... by cardiffspaceman on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:03PM (#20689670)

The FA's title is scaremongering. Microsoft definitely still wants you to pay them for office software. They just don't want to support shrink-wrap-style software so much.

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Re:With Microsoft Dumping MS Office, Consider LibreOffice fo... by beatgammit on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @09:09PM (#20691856)

It's essentially the same for me honestly. I hate subscription software and only put up with subscription content sometimes (i.e. Netflix, newspaper). I'm okay with buying software every few years, I'm not a fan of buying software every month.

My wife has Office, so I'm going to self-host LibreOffice Online or ONLYOFFICE (whichever she prefers) instead of buying a subscription to Office 365. I hate paying a subscription for software, so I'll just make occasional donations to LO or something instead (unfortunately the pricing for both services seem to be aimed at corporations, not home users).

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