Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice

From	Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
Subject	Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Message-Id	<pan$b41fb$2b2d5ad6$d8dfba82$fc3182a6@linux.rocks>
Date	2025-09-19 18:56 +0000
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The armed forces of Austria (which is not in NATO) will switch
from Micro$lop Office to LibreOffice (LO):

<https://www.heise.de/en/news/Austria-s-armed-forces-switch-to-LibreOffice-10660761.html>

The reason is not to avoid cost but to keep everything "in house"
rather than rely on remote servers that are controlled by a corrupt
corporation.

I suppose that it is a commendable idea, but will it persist?

LO is good, but its Calc pivot tables have an awkward and clumsy
interface and it is pivot tables that are highly valued by
spreadsheet users (even though a database approach would be used
by a professional).

LO does not have a database per se, but it allows interfacing
to external databases.  However, the LO database GUI forms
interface is admittedly very clunky.

I am not condemning LO but its roots are ancient, having been 
a clone of StarOffice way back in the 1990's.  All attempts since
then have essentially been a spackling over a crumbling edifice. 

LO is great for my needs, both personal and business, but I am not
a giant organization.  I really doubt that LO can fulfill the needs
of the Austrian AF in the long term.

What do you think?


-- 
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Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-09-19 18:56 +0000
  Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Jason H <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> - 2025-09-20 19:09 +0000
    Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-09-20 19:55 +0000
      Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-09-20 20:17 +0000
        Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-09-20 20:53 +0000
          Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-09-21 10:11 +0000
            Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-21 13:00 +0100
              Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-21 13:56 +0100
                Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-21 17:29 +0100
                Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-09-21 17:08 +0000
                Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-21 18:34 +0100
                Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-21 19:04 +0100
                Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-21 19:01 +0100
        Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-21 20:10 +0000
          Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-09-22 10:06 -0700
            Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-09-22 17:26 +0000
              Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-09-22 10:30 -0700
              Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-23 12:30 +0100
  Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-09-22 07:10 +0200
    Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-22 07:34 +0000
      Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-09-23 09:26 +0200
        Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-09-23 07:36 +0000
          Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-23 10:57 +0100
  Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> - 2025-09-22 07:44 +0200
    Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-22 11:58 +0200
      Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> - 2025-09-23 18:44 +0200
        Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-09-23 22:04 +0200
          Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> - 2025-09-23 23:52 +0200
        Re: Austria's AF To Switch To LibreOffice Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-09-23 23:41 +0100

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