@libreoffice I appreciate the project and taking on MS but it does feel like stepping back in time 15 years when using Libre Office, especially with the lack of real time collaboration functions. There's a nice Arstechnica article about a demo from... 2012 that showcases this.
@heind Hi! You can already get these features in LibreOffice by sourcing it from the wider ecosystem: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-in-business/ – But we understand that some people want it in the app directly from The Document Foundation. We (TDF) have very limited resources and focus on the desktop app, but we have some ideas for collaborative features coming up...
Not that I would defend M$, but the cost of the operating system and the software is a fraction of the cost of the machines it runs and and the personnel that use it.
Retraining thousands of employees to use Open source products might be more expensive than the cost of the operating system & software.
Then there's the problem that almost always there will be essential software that only runs on MS desktops.
@libreoffice excited every time we hear about this kind of news. Also, yeah tax funded infrastructure should be spent for free libre open source software.
@catavz A long, long time ago – a lot has changed since then. And many would argue that it didn't succeed for political reasons, rather than technical: https://itsfoss.com/munich-linux-failure/
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