Re:I for one, agree (Score 1)

They want to see Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Access on your resume, not their OSS counterparts.

My brother just graduated from high school on a partial scholarship, and he barely knows where the Excel icon is.

Truth is, high school isn't the place for kids to develop intermediate or advanced skills in office productivity software; their needs rarely extend beyond the basics, such as how to indent a paragraph or use the sum() function.

For those purposes, OSS solutions are fine. Anything more will require college and/or work experience.