[atonse]

Or they can just ask MS to donate licenses. Better to teach these kids practical skills instead if software nobody uses.

[Sylos]

If you cannot transfer skills that you've learned in LO Writer to MS Word, then I don't think you've successfully learnt anything.

And really, they live in a place where nobody uses either software.

[erAck]

So you prefer to throw them into the MS mono culture pit.

[atonse]

Yes. This isn’t about open source idealism. You are teaching them job skills. MS Word is a useful job skill.

[erAck]

Understanding how to use any word processor is a job skill. LibreOffice supports Akan, an official language spoken in Ghana. Projects could translate the UI to Akan so even more people would be able to use it.