[vgoh1]

The foundation of the MS empire is MS Office. People use office at work because it's the path of least resistance, due to fewer conversion errors (no conversion when you are using what everyone else does), and because that is what they used in school. Have the kids learn on LibreOffice, and MS Office only has one shaky leg to stand on.

[chopin]

It's not that hard. I required my kids to grow up with Libreoffice (and Openoffice before that). There where hassles but they where manageable. I made sure to explain why this restriction was in place. I also was willing to fight any battle with school authorities over this issue should the need arise. Fortunately that was not necessary.

[dhimes]

I did the same. It turned out that teachers were perfectly fine using Open/LibreOffice.