I'll keep on using Google docs like I do now. BAM
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025
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But all of that is just delaying the inevitable. Sooner or later, you'll have to move to Windows 11 if you want to keep your PC secure and protected and reliably run the applications you need, including Office.
Lol, no.
I can see a lot of smaller companies (and maybe one or two reasonably big ones) opting for air-gapped networks of old operating systems and older versions of Office. A fool's errand, sure, and for a number of reasons, but it's cheap, and upper management likes cheap.
Problem for them is under the current subscription model, the apps need to periodically phone home to check the license status or else they cease work.
The alternative is paying Microsoft for an expensive perpetual license of the last set of offline-only apps, which are from 2021.
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It means it's time for businesses to figure out how to use LibreOffice
Or OnlyOffice. It lacks a lot of features but is an easier sell in a lot of cases because of the much more modern interface.
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I forced it on our office over maybe 15 years ago, I've finally just about stopped receiving complaints. The vast majority of the push back was document compatibility, but not in the way you think. The problem was the original document was created by a fucktard or opened by one, so many people don't know how to correctly format a document using styles, know how to use page breaks, line breaks, etc etc. that's us recieving documents and creating documents. To be fair I didn't initially fully understand this as well, but it literally took me 4 hours to read the manual.
Other problems include Microsoft's fuckery using a supposedly open standard and allow proprietary code/content within the same open standard.
And don't get me started with special macros and basic code that only works in ms office.
Databases basically built inside excel 😐
Or Access, which is the real reason my office will never switch. It's an ever growing mountain of labor to transfer that to something else
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I really don’t like Microsoft, but the two products I think Microsoft got mostly right are Microsoft Office and Visual Studio. I really can’t find comparable products.
Open office and forks feel like Microsoft Office 97. While usable, it takes me twice as long to do things. I would almost prefer to use a LaTeX editor over word. Excel? Idk
From a business perspective, it doesn’t make sense to switch to libre office. W10 support also ends 10/25. It is highly irresponsible for an IT department to continue to use EOL products so they should be changing to W11 and new Microsoft office
For individuals, I mean…. I just installed a W10 VM to give me more time to find a Linux compatible alternative to turbo tax and to use visual studio so idk
Freetaxusa.com does pretty much what turbo tax does. Federal filing for free, pretty sure they just charge $15 for state. If your taxes are too complex for freetaxusa you probably shouldn't use turbo tax anyway.
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It would save them so much money!
Came here to answer this :D surely didn't read that article
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