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by ckcheng 3613 days ago
Some use LibreOffice to maintain compatibility and consistency between Mac, Windows, and Linux. I switch between all three platforms regularly, and it's nice that LO has tri-platform compatibility.

LibreOffice also makes it easy to re-encode files, when saving, into multiple formats by using MultiFormatSave extension. It's useful for saving important documents for "future proofing" purposes [1].

Oh and yes, the cost is nice too. It doesn't hurt that I also don't like the ribbon gui.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11502529