What you see on the screen in Microsoft Office, Google Apps, or LibreOffice will be what you get when you print it out or email it. Even with Google Apps, I submit a feature request, wait for it, and get the updated version when it arrives – I don’t have to buy a new version to get this new feature. This is the power and strength of open source software. If I couldn’t wait for it to get to upstream, I could recompile with my patch and get it deployed in a matter of hours. With LibreOffice, I can contribute a patch, submit it upstream, get it reviewed, and have it accepted into main stream. Some may argue that there are better license options with Microsoft and the $508 per user per 2 years (with the open license source: ) is not a fair estimation, however, it is not fair to compare a stagnant version of Office versus the always updated version of GAFW or LibreOffice. This would incur a cost savings of ~$17.50 per user per month (GAFW $5 plan versus Office 2016 Professional Plus, Corporate, Open License, License Only). I recently submitted a proposal to remove Microsoft Office from off my network and switch to Google Apps for Work and LibreOffice.
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