> Have people switched en masse to them? Nope.
Business, sure, but there are millions of consumers who exclusively use Google Docs, iWork, or other Office alternatives.
Business, sure, but there are millions of consumers who exclusively use Google Docs, iWork, or other Office alternatives.
I'd be more worried about document interoperability between government agencies and other organizations such as companies that do work for the government. The government could of course mandate contractors to use an open source office suite which would extend the need for training to those companies.
Also, I've seen some orgs make heavy use of Office formats in terms of e.g. surprisingly elaborate formatting, document history and comments, and although I haven't tried to use those in LibreOffice, I wouldn't be sure it supports all of those in the same extent some people have learned to use them in Office.
Things can be done in such ways that there is nothing visibly incompatible (ie scripting behind some forms), you can always just print and fill the document if needed, and anyway most documents are static pdfs with optional plus for filling some fields in computer.
I hope I am wrong on this. I hate that public infrastructure and bureaucracy runs on Microsoft.