The office you are talking about is not what it used to be a few decades ago. I am not into this world but what I know of it is like you are comparing a tool to

The office you are talking about is not what it used to be a few decades ago. I am not into this world but what I know of it is like you are comparing a tool to the whole workshop. No, the tool does not replace the workshop, the tool is a very small part of the workshop. There are alternatives but when you have bought into the full ecosystem of MS, it will take a lot of work to move. (Full disclosure: I work with both Linux and Windows at a small company where Office means what you mean with office. They are all using libreoffice but call it office)