Re: [libreoffice-marketing] SoftMaker Office

On 21 August 2012 16:31, Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com> wrote:

> The real question is whether SO (or LO) is adequate MSO replacement for most
> users. My experience is for most users the answer is yes; most users only
> use a part of the available features. Then the issue is whether a
> proprietary, commercial package (SO) is better than LO. Technically, I
> believe LO is better and I do not find most commercial software support all
> that good (I have not checked SO's support). But others may have different
> opinions and comfort levels between proprietary and FOSS software.
>
> IMHO, the real marketing issue for most users is that MS has convinced them
> that there is only office suite that can be used.

I think that is weakening. However it seems unclear whether AOO/LO are
the main reason. There is some evidence that Google Docs is becoming
the most influential as work migrates to the web - hence MS and 365
Office. You rightly point out that for most people the features in MSO
are complete overkill but that could be said of most desktop office
suites. We are using GoogleDocs more and more because we need to share
documents with many other people around the world and that feature is
more valuable than obscure features. We use LO/AOO in specific cases
eg to provide a pdf to publish a book but for most day to day things
Google Docs integrated with hangouts and gmail etc is much the best
solution. So I see the biggest challenge for all desktop office suites
as a gradually eroding user base as more and more people migrate to
the web for their productivity tools. Of course this is going to take
years and there might always be a specialist desktop market but then
development takes years so it is not going to be easy to change track.

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