The reason to use glass for beer is that CO2 leaks through plastic faster than it leaks through glass. As a result, soda has a much shorter shelf life than beer (i.e. it goes flat faster), which is okay because it is consumed faster. The volume and shape of plastic soda bottles is also driven by the same leakage problem. The surface to volume ratio has to be kept low enough that it doesnt go flat. 2L bottles are big enough (low surface to volume) to have a decent shelf life; the smaller ones do not last as long. They're getting better, and I believe that some advances enabled the use of plastic in single serving containers (which used to only be cans for the same reason), but glass is still much better than plastic. Beer has a higher per bottle price, so the cost of the glass is offset anyway, but beer that got flat on the shelf wouldn't be a good marketing move.
If you have power Excel users that have VB macros in their documents, those macros will not work. Similarly, if your use of Office extends to MS Access, there is no direct equivalent in OO.o that can open existing files and use them as is.
For Word and Excel docs that do not have macros or complex formatting, OO.o should work fine. PPT conversions seem to be hit or miss and often require some editing (e.g. changing fonts).
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The reason to use glass for beer is that CO2 leaks through plastic faster than it leaks through glass. As a result, soda has a much shorter shelf life than beer (i.e. it goes flat faster), which is okay because it is consumed faster. The volume and shape of plastic soda bottles is also driven by the same leakage problem. The surface to volume ratio has to be kept low enough that it doesnt go flat. 2L bottles are big enough (low surface to volume) to have a decent shelf life; the smaller ones do not last as long. They're getting better, and I believe that some advances enabled the use of plastic in single serving containers (which used to only be cans for the same reason), but glass is still much better than plastic.
Beer has a higher per bottle price, so the cost of the glass is offset anyway, but beer that got flat on the shelf wouldn't be a good marketing move.
If you have power Excel users that have VB macros in their documents, those macros will not work.
Similarly, if your use of Office extends to MS Access, there is no direct equivalent in OO.o that can open existing files and use them as is.
For Word and Excel docs that do not have macros or complex formatting, OO.o should work fine. PPT conversions seem to be hit or miss and often require some editing (e.g. changing fonts).