Re:Why I ditched Microsoft Word for LibreOffice and couldn't...
by jseliger on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @12:37PM
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IMHO it all boils down to habit
No—it boils down to network effects and coordination. As I wrote here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9069761 , in my business we use MS Office, our clients do, and funding agencies do. There is no easy or simple way to move everyone from MS Office to an alternative simultaneously. So it doesn't happen.
People who never or very rarely need to do document interchange may be okay with Google Docs or LibreOffice, but people who interchange complex documents on a regular basis must use MS Office.
No—it boils down to network effects and coordination. As I wrote here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9069761 , in my business we use MS Office, our clients do, and funding agencies do. There is no easy or simple way to move everyone from MS Office to an alternative simultaneously. So it doesn't happen.
People who never or very rarely need to do document interchange may be okay with Google Docs or LibreOffice, but people who interchange complex documents on a regular basis must use MS Office.