Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : esc
Date : Mon Dec 12 2022 13:19:16

 pF> Momentum, mostly. You mentioned Office support; I don't think it'll be
 pF> too  long before Office is web-first. It exchanges their golden goose
 pF> (purchasing  office app licenses) for a recurring revenue model with a
 pF> wider market base.  Not a bad choice, looking forward.

My current employer uses Google suite for everything and honestly doing all Office type stuff in a browser is simpler in many ways. I wish the drive integration was stronger but it all works, which is good. And the multitude of MS Office features that differentiate it from GSuite are not very useful IMO...Office products with feature simplicity is a godsend for me at this point in my career (I spent time in the military watching people agonize over silly slide details, it's nice to avoid this).

 pF> I know people at work that use the web apps almost exclusively, even
 pF> though  they have the Office suite installed on their laptops.

I actually pay for Office for my own purposes (O365 I think) and have written wrappers to make it so that I can treat MS Office applications like fully integrated desktop apps in my linux desktop. Double clicking a Word doc will open in a standalone wrapped web Word app :)

 pF> I've sworn, every time I make a system change, that it'll be the time
 pF> that I  install Linux on my desktop -- but I'm still running Windows,
 pF> albeit 10  only. We'll see what I do if this PC lasts longer than
 pF> Windows 10 support.

I upgraded from Win10 to Win11 and tried very hard to like it, but really just kept getting frustrated. I wound up blowing everything away and starting from scratch once again with linux and haven't looked back. I just prefer the level of control I get to exert here.

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