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Re:German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice by xw38011 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @08:06PM (#39937322)
> What features in Office are essential for those users that you don't get from Google?

Backward compatibility with existing documents that are already in Word. Also, for those knowledge workers who aren’t in tech, the high likelihood that the recipient can open the document with correct formatting.

Re:German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice by Ziggy_Zaggy on Thursday April 04, 2024 @10:36PM (#39938149)
...why not just print to PDF then since all browswer support PDF?
Re:German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice by tremon on Friday April 05, 2024 @07:10PM (#39948374)
...since then they will send you back a scan of a printed-out copy of said PDF in which they scribbled their comments and modifications with pen and marker?