Differences between Microsoft Office and LibreOffice.

An Office Suite is a set of programs that includes, among others, the following tools: Spreadsheet, Word Processor, Database manager, and Presentations software.

Below we are going to explain the differences between Microsoft Office and Libreoffice which are two different office suites. The main differences are the following ones:

LibreOffice is a free software program. You, as a user, have rights to study the source code, modify it, and share it with others.

On the other hand, Microsoft Office is a proprietary software. This type of license contains an extensive list of activities which are restricted like redistribute, obtain the source code or modify it.

Microsoft Office is not free. You have to pay to use it. You can pay once or an annually fee. Also you have to pay to update it with a new version.

LibreOffice is usually developed in a collaborative way. There are programmers who spend their free time in collaborate developing this software. There are no contractual support for the users. Errors are solved by forums of developers. There are no a big company with funds to support the product.

While, Microsoft Office has a support team who solves the errors of the application.

In both cases, the license terms are documents with several pages and with a lot of legal terms.

LibreOffice license can be read at http://www.libreoffice.org/download/license/

Microsoft Office license can be read at  http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=13653