BulletDust
Supreme [H]ardness
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Explain to me why OEM's are still installing it on their systems when the alternative is just as good? They could even offer a free version of Office in either OpenOffice or LibreOffice. Yet, they aren't. Explain.
3% of the market yelling the loudest hasn't even changed companies, where their entire goal is the bottom line. Even free hasn't piqued their interest.
Dell is installing Ubuntu on their developer series of laptops and are making a fortune out of it.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/01/dell-talk-linux-laptops-distros-sales
The difference is Microsoft by nature of it's propitiatory standing has a marketing department offering manufacturers installation bonuses for every device sold with Windows, Linux on the other hand doesn't rely on a marketing department at all.
The interesting thing about .docx is that it's an open ISO standard, the concept of a standard is to ensure compatibility, yet for some obscure reason MS Office is the one product that struggles with .docx compatibility, you can swap documents between Libre Office and WPS Office with no issues whatsoever. That doesn't make MS Office the better product, it makes MS Office the better product via clever marketing. Once again, popularity is no measurement of better.