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I have used LibreOffice (before that Open Office) for years at home and deployed it at my work when it was from Novell (we ran Netware then). Then we migrated to Collabora Office and that’s been equally fine, less expensive than M$ Office and have had absolutely no compatibility issues–but we have fairly uncomplicated documents and spreadsheets. I’ve moved off Adobe Reader and onto Sumatra PDF for those who do not need PDF signing; and Foxit (which I actually hate) for PDF signing needs. For databases we have to stick with Access on the desktop due to an embedded database from years ago that we migrated into a newer version of Access. If I had my way we’d be on Paradox, I loved that program! Anyway…we try to use open source as much as possible and it works great in our case.

"The exercise of curiosity requires a risk, a sacrifice--a commitment."
Malcolm Gladwell

WildBill wrote:

I’ll wait for the Computerworld article, but the tinfoil-hat guy in my brain says this is just the beginning of a MS plot to irritate Windows 7 users monthly. Why? To upgrade to Win 10 whatever, of course! “See? Windows 7 is old & starting to break down. Don’t stay unprotected in 2020, upgrade to Windows 10 ASAP. It’s better now!” “No, we’ll still be rolling out new versions twice a year (more or less).” “Well, the monthly patches shouldn’t break every month. But if they do, we’ll fix them. Just like we have all along. We promise Windows 10 will be better. Upgrade Now… pleeease?“

Dagnabbit!  My tinfoil hat is telling me the same thing!  Amazing…..

"The exercise of curiosity requires a risk, a sacrifice--a commitment."
Malcolm Gladwell