Kaarme:

The three license pack did indeed come with a DVD, but it was an official MS affair. In fact back then if you needed to make the phone call to MS for activation, the robot asked you if the license was for 3 PCs (or some other options I didn't listen to). There wasn't an option for 1 PC. That's why when I decided to try to reactivate OEM Office 2010 on a new PC, I had to select the 3 PCs option. It worked. I'm not actually trying to argue against you in any sense since your calculations must be correct. However, I merely wanted to point out that while now (and already back with Office 2016) MS only offered the permanent licenses for 1 PC (at least for regular home users), earlier you could get them for 3 PCs in retail packs for a price that wasn't out of this world. Perhaps you could have also got them directly, digitally, from the Microsoft store, I don't know, since I got all of my Offices from brick and mortar. Also, lots of people actually have 2 PCs: desktop and laptop. MS is kind of flipping the bird at people with the 1 PC limit, not even 2. But that's just my opinion.

Well... 99% of households don't actually need anything that LibreOffice doesn't offer, and it's 100% free, so... there are a ton of different reasons as for why something is best for someone and not for another. We can't really judge on our own particular needs/opinions.

heffeque:

Well... 99% of households don't actually need anything that LibreOffice doesn't offer, and it's 100% free, so... there are a ton of different reasons as for why something is best for someone and not for another. We can't really judge on our own particular needs/opinions.

If you say so. I've used MS Office since the 90's. I'm kind of used to it. I was mainly looking at the expenses aspect if one wants to stick to MS Office, especially having more than a single PC (but still not many). Plus the dislike of subscription services. If Office 2010 become unusable due to some Win10 update (it's not even supported by MS anymore, I think) and the only alternative is the subscription Office 365, I might as well go for LibreOffice and get used to it.

I've never purchased MS Office, must owe them a fortune, but Office 365 is the first one i've considered. The subscription model is just much more appealing.

Kaarme:

If you say so. I've used MS Office since the 90's. I'm kind of used to it. I was mainly looking at the expenses aspect if one wants to stick to MS Office, especially having more than a single PC (but still not many). Plus the dislike of subscription services. If Office 2010 become unusable due to some Win10 update (it's not even supported by MS anymore, I think) and the only alternative is the subscription Office 365, I might as well go for LibreOffice and get used to it.

You would be surprised how similar LibreOffice is to MS Office. The learning curve is basically flat as a board.

Redemption80:

I've never purchased MS Office, must owe them a fortune, but Office 365 is the first one i've considered. The subscription model is just much more appealing.

Same here. It's the first time I've actually payed for MS Office. Partly for the always updated Office, but mostly for the really cheap 1 TB of OneDrive.

heffeque:

You would be surprised how similar LibreOffice is to MS Office. The learning curve is basically flat as a board.

What about compatability between the two??? I read in the past that MS made it extremely difficult to open their files on other suites, is this still the case?

H83:

What about compatability between the two??? I read in the past that MS made it extremely difficult to open their files on other suites, is this still the case?

Openoffice opens microsoft stuff with little to no problem in my experience. Don't know about libre

Libre is a bit more modern than openoffice, so should be covered.