[Europe long time ago adopted Open Document standard](https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/ec-recommends-supporting-open)

> All European institutes should be able to use the Open Document Format (ODF) in exchanges with citizens and national administrations,

It just makes sense.

Imagine in 20 years Microsoft collapses, like Nokia did with the phones for example, and the closed formats erode over time. You would have locked out data.

Open source FTW.

nullama

It's quite standard on Linux nowadays, which is great.

I remember asking my university to install OpenOffice.org, and the excuse at the time was people are not using it in the real world, so no need to install it. ca. early 2000s.

Have you try LibreOffice? 

It's quite standard on Linux nowadays, which is great.

I remember asking my university to install OpenOffice.org, and the excuse at the time was people are not using it in the real world, so no need to install it. ca. early 2000s.