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Microsoft plans to raise the prices of its office software in Germany – but #LibreOffice comes to the rescue! It also helps to free companies and organisations from vendor lock-in: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/04/06/microsoft-365-price-hike-in-germany-libreoffice-to-the-rescue/

Microsoft 365 price hike in Germany? LibreOffice to the rescue! - The Document Foundation Blog

Microsoft plans to raise the prices of its office software in Germany – and other services – significantly (article in German here). And not just once, but every six months there are to be “price adjustments”.
Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
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Fardels Bear
Fardels Bear
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Why would you buy bloated, overpriced, office software from #Microsoft when you can have the excellent #LibreOffice? It's easy to convert files if necessary.
#libreoffice #microsoft
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James P. :os_arch: :xfce:
James P. :os_arch: :xfce:
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I blame inflation for that.

At least with Free Software it won’t be as much of a concern.
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LibreOffice
LibreOffice
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@ramzimo68 @dekkzz76 Go to File > New spreadsheet. You can also try different user interface layouts via View > User Interface!
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challenging in what way?
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Zem 🇪🇹 🇪🇺
Zem 🇪🇹 🇪🇺
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it actually goes beyond reason that public institutions (national EU&UN ) still runs msoffice . Your alternative is so much better, and if public institutions wants to spend money on software they should spend our money on you. Keep the great work
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Supergrobi
Supergrobi
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does anybody per chance have numbers on how much money German public institutions are forking over to MS only for Office licenses? One or two digit billions?
Imagine that money was spent only once for a UX overhaul and other development of LibreOffice ...
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LibreOffice
LibreOffice
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@supergrobi Hi! We overhauled the user interface a couple of years ago (see screenshot) – but do you mean something else?
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Supergrobi
Supergrobi
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With all respect, if you show this to a UX concepter, she'll see lots to improve. I'm not a UX concepter myself, but I work for a company that does it.
Also, last time I gave the Powerpoint replacement a try, it was a nightmare to use...
I totally like LibreOffice, though!
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Robert Ngalu
Robert Ngalu
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I believe #LibreOffice is a suitable document processing app. It is capable of formating and presenting docs the way user wants or prefers and supports #OpenType features
#libreoffice #opentype
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