[ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

[Barry Drake]

On 30/01/14 21:04, Gibbs wrote:
> I've noticed a lot more people using Libre Office, including big 
> companies like British Gas, which makes life easier for /everyone/.

Now that is interesting!  Not so many years back, there was a deep 
suspicion of open source programs.  It is excellent complex systems like 
Libreoffice that have paved the way towards widespread acceptance of 
open source.  Also, it is becoming recognised that ODF is a certified 
ISO standard, whereas the de facto Microsoft file formats are less 
reliable and non-portable.  I am sure that Microsoft's adoption of the  
x file formats (docx etc) has in the long term done the corporation a 
lot of harm.  Microsoft has been forced into supporting ODF and is 
clearly very annoyed by this.  A little humility and listening to 
ordinary folk might have gone a long way.

Regards,        Barry Drake.