[svara]

Yeah, I don't know about that. Most people for whom I know that, myself included, wrote their dissertations in Word. It's fine.

Yes, float placement in Word can be tricky. It can be tricky in latex too.

I'm not saying it's the ultimate tool for the job. I'm just saying it's fine. There are some things to look out for, particularly with figure placement. As there are with latex.

On the upside, you can use EndNote which is quite good, you can use comments and tracked changes, and wysiwyg is ultimately just the superior paradigm.

If you're telling some unsuspecting grad student that they need to write their thesis in latex, and they don't yet have experience in it and they don't have a massive amount of formulas to write, you're doing them a massive disservice.