Re: If Microsoft released Office for Linux
I probably wouldn't buy it because I already have a Windows copy that works almost perfectly with Wine. If I ever upgraded, I probably still wouldn't buy it because you're allowed to install it on one work and one home computer, and my work computer will always have Windows on it. But if a license could make the Linux version and Windows version both available, I'd be pretty happy.
Originally Posted by
bobsan
No. The reason why it is "the standard" is that people keep using it. It will not be the standard if people stop paying for(and more likely, pirating) it. Closed formats should never become the standard because it is not reproducible by third parties, hence is not universal.
The reason it is "the standard" is because people keep using it, and the reason people keep using it is because it is by far the best option available. People who think LibreOffice or even Google Docs is better are just deceiving themselves. They're about on par with Office 2000 or earlier.
Originally Posted by
kellemes
It may be the best for you.. most people use it because they don't even know there are alternatives, or are afraid to use something else.. because everybody around them has MS-Office.
Most people who don't even know there are alternatives don't even know that they are already using the best option out there.
Edit: but if you can't afford MS Office, LibreOffice is a pretty darned good alternative.
Last edited by forrestcupp; July 21st, 2012 at 07:00 PM.
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