[JumpCrisscross]

> Why not now force the EU to heavily invest in libreoffice so that it becomes a drop replacement to excel?

The history of this strategy working, versus becoming a job/contract bank for cronies over time, is very poor in the long run. Regardless of the political system which attempts it.

[2Gkashmiri]

if you were to be given a chance to decide if we want to stay proprietary, continue allowing crony companies to steal data while charging us money for that privilege, what would you do. i want to know what you think is the alternative