Microsoft 365 price hike in Germany? LibreOffice to the rescue!
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”.
This is of course a problem for many businesses, organisations, schools and local governments that have limited resources. But it is also a good time to explore alternatives like LibreOffice.
LibreOffice is a free (as in zero cost) office suite, but it also offers fundamental freedoms to study, modify and share the software. Businesses benefit from the software’s data protection and security, and they can also take advantage of professional support. Other advantages:
- LibreOffice can be installed in parallel with Microsoft Office for testing purposes
- The German Federal Office for IT security has issued recommendations for secure configuration of LibreOffice
- In larger environments, LibreOffice can be distributed centrally to users
- Free software apps strengthen independence from individual providers and reduce vendor lock-in
Many companies and organisations have already switched to LibreOffice, so why not take a look?
I’d love to thank you! Exactly for that reason – ms prices are simply reduculous. And Libre Writer is superb for my needs. I would NOT buy MS Word!
Saluti, ho dei grossi problemi con libbre Office Writer,
quando muovo il mouse x selezionare o spostare a volte si chiude il programma senza chiedere di salvare.
E’ un grosso problema perchè nonostante il ripristino, si perde tutto il lavoro fatto!
E’ da poco che lo uso ma se non trovo soluzioni, sono obbligato a passare ad un altro programma, io ero abituato con Word e questo non succedeva mai, comunque prima di chiudere il programma chiedeva sempre di salvare.
Con Libbre Office questo non succede, si chiude e basta!
Gradirei avere avere il parere dei programmatori o di chi per essi ed eventualmente dei suggerimenti. GRAZIE.
Riccardo Balestra.
riccardo.balestra@alice.it
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Hello,
LibreOffice would be great, if it supports tabs (=more than one document open in one UI, like Browsers). MS Office and many other office software supports this for years….
Also it must start up more faster.
With kind regars
A user of Softmaker Office!
This is turning out nicely. Back in the days, I started with OpenOffice (actually StarOffice at that time) but made the switch to LibreOffice shortly after they announced the fork. For a strange reason, I still know more people who know OpenOffice. Anyway, LibreOffice made such a progression that this is the best office suite to work with for me. Nowadays, Collabora Office and Nextcloud are helping me to get my work done.
Thanks for your vision (make LibreOffice the WebKit for office suits).