I have always been interested in computers, and would find myself hanging out with the Computer Science students instead of the Aviation Management or Business Management students I was a part of. At home and at work I have been largely self-teaching myself using computers starting with Excel and Access with VBA through ASP and SQL at work. Thankfully my current employer values education, and so I have been taking classes and not only learning the technology, but un-learning what I have been doing wrong over the years. At home, though, I have been teaching myself Linux, system administration, networking and the overall method of migrating our system from Windows to Linux. I am involved in the Danbury Area Computer Society (DACS.org) I have the opportunity to take what I've learned the hard way and hopefully help others.. I have been enjoying Open Source for a while now, and I am hoping to get a better understanding of the entire model and application.
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@IndianArt
Microsoft Office Online actually provides the option to save everything as an OpenDocument Format, though it naturally defaults to MS Office format:
<em>Office document defaults</em>
<em>Select the default file format for Office documents you create. This setting will only apply to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel files.</em>
<ul><li><em>Microsoft Office Open XML Format (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx)</em></li>
<li><em>OpenDocument Format (.odt, .odp, .ods)</em></li></ul>
I use a mixed bag of suites depending on when and where I am access the files.
At work, I am limited to the Microsoft Office suite they provide. Outlook is the one product I use the most, followed by Excel.
I use a log of Google products because when I am at work, the longest period I am sitting in front of the computer, if I am doing anything for myself personally I use it via the browser as opposed to downloading, emailing and using anything locally.
I also like that the Google Docs are not extremely complicated and works pretty smoothly compared to Microsoft Office online.
When I am at home, unless I need the added power of LibreOffice or a local Microsoft Office, it is just as easy for me to continue what I started in Google Docs. Additionally, if I have to access it from work to update or tweak it I don't have to worry about getting access to it again.
If LibreOffice or OpenOffice were to produce a fully-functional web-based interface that can be run in an ownCloud setup then that would be an awesome alternative to the Google/Microsoft duopoly.