Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Jun 27 2022 22:10:35

 pF>  Ni> I've often thought that migration to Linux would probably happen slow
 pF>  Ni> rather than en masse.  One problem is that, while there has been more
 pF>  Ni> and more software developed for Linux, there are still some programs
 pF>  Ni> for other platforms that don't have a version or an equivalent in
 pF>  Ni> Linux, and it will take time to develop more Linux software.  It's no
 pF>  Ni> going to happen overnight.
 pF> 
 pF> The biggest detractor for desktop linux IMO was a desktop suite. While 
 pF> Libreoffice is a pretty killer package, it's not Microsoft Office, and 
 pF> people used to one will take a while to get used to it.
 pF> 
 pF> Microsoft's improved cloud services are changing that. With a $99/year 
 pF> Microsoft365 subscription, you can get 5 people in your house with
 pF> Office  for Windows or Mac, a terabyte of OneDrive space each, full
 pF> Outlook  application support (address books, notes, tasks, calendaring
 pF> and so on) and  access to the web apps, which are pretty good now -- and
 pF> run just fine on  Linux.
 pF> 
 pF> Lots of companies offer discounted Microsoft365 subscriptions, too - I
 pF> pay  $69/year for my 5 seats.
 pF> 
 pF> 

The desktop suite is a wrong approach to a problem to begin with.  Office software, especially word processors are still stuck with the idea that we should organise text in a WYSIWYG fashion for paper.  It often leads to suboptimal solutions where a database and generated documentation could have been better.

I use Office a lot at work, and I estimate that at least 75% of the time I use this "solution", there is a better way to solve the problem than using a word processor or spreadsheet.  

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