[bubblethink]

Nobody moved to free alternatives. All the normies pay for Office. The cheapskates pirate it. The whole world runs on Office.

[donatj]

I don't know any individual that pay for office. Google Docs is good enough for 90% of things and free.

[LUmBULtERA]

In my sector of the business world in the US, every corporation pays for Office 365 for their employees. I don't know a single corporation that uses Google Docs.

[Macha]

Everywhere I've worked has been Google Docs. Usually there is a process on the side that if you really, truly, need MS office specifically they can get you a copy, mostly for people in certain parts of finance who do specifically insist on Excel, but Google Docs has been the standard for like a decade now.

[LUmBULtERA]

I'm curious which sector that is? I work in energy.

[Macha]

B2B tech, specifically ad tech for the biggest chunk of time

[bombcar]

The "free" alternative is Google Docs and friends.

Lots of people who don't need "business" office just use that, and even some businesses do.

[bonestamp2]

Yep, our company uses Google Docs/Sheets. If someone wants an MS Office application, they have to prove that Google Docs/Sheets can't do what they need. So most of use Google and it's fine. I even like somethings in Sheets better than Excel (and vice versa).

[KTibow]

I think that's an exaggeration, I know a few Google school districts and companies.

[nosioptar]

I know several attorneys that still use Corel.

[IIsi50MHz]

I vaguely remember that Corel WordPerfect Office, which includes the previously separate Quattro Pro spreadsheet application, has features that specific'ly target law professionals.