[libreoffice-users] brief mention of LO in an article about Office 365 vs. Google Apps

http://www.zdnet.com/is-office-365-worth-spending-3x-more-than-on-google-apps-7000027225/

Is Office 365 worth spending 3x more than on Google Apps?

Summary: Office 365 is three times the cost of Google Apps. It's worth 
it -- but probably not for the reason you expect...

By Matt Baxter-Reynolds

:quote:

Continuum

Office's competition has always been products that have tried to emulate 
Office's enormous bulk -- think LibreOffice in particular. Google Docs 
doesn't try to do that at all. It's a very minimal product.

We know that Office is enormous. There is nothing that the entire 
product suite can't do. People often complain about it's labyrinthine 
complexity. Another way to look at that is that Microsoft has actually 
done a skilled job in masking that complexity. There's enough in there 
to drive even the most ardent power user crazy.

:unquote:

Here is my question - are we trying to emulate MSO's "enormous bulk" [of 
options]?  I hope it is not though of as the bulk of hard drive space 
needed to install MSO vs. LO.

I know that LO will not spend money on the server costs for a "cloud" 
based version of LO hosted by LO, but it was an interesting read that 
may be reflected into the development of LO for Android devices.

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