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Like it or not, pretty much all enterprises run on Windows software. Not just desktop, either. Active directory and Exchange are pretty much the standard for al
by msisk6 9y ago
Like it or not, pretty much all enterprises run on Windows software. Not just desktop, either. Active directory and Exchange are pretty much the standard for all enterprises.
And non-techies in these places couldn't live without Office. I once got an email with an attached Word document that contained an embedded Excel spreadsheet with exactly two cells -- an IP address and a hostname -- for a DNS entry I needed to update.
- Something1234 9y agoThat seems impressively competent for your average office user being able to embed a spreadsheet. What was wrong with them?
- bmon 9y agoI think you can just copy and paste cells from Excel into word
- JdeBP 9y agoAs the Four Yorkshiremen would say: Luxury! At least you could copy and paste. In some work environments, you would have been sent a JPG screenshot of the IP address and name. Now enjoy the discussion of images in mail messages in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14567074 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14567074 (-: