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Deadly Ernest, I've never used Libre Office, but you could be right in terms of use of the software as an individual. However, from an enterprise perspective, an organization has a number of financial and operational concerns that goes well beyond individual use. For instance, mobility and co-authoring of documents are big ones. Many of today's enterprises need to be able to reference a document from anywhere, without having to be concerned with moving a file manually in and out of a document share. Financially, a SaaS-based office suite makes a lot of sense, because licensing and support costs are drastically cut, as well as the cost to administrate. Lastly, just because you have software on a PC doesn't mean it is secure. In fact, I'd go as far to say that on average, on-demand services offered by Google and Microsoft are just as if not more secure that a well protected machine. You should read Google Apps' and Office 365's SLA. You'll be surprised at what you find.
Posted by Ian Hardenburgh
14th Jul