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Even though I never use outlook/ms stuff. I like google google docs. The thing is, I rarely have to use them, so and it's been FOREVER since I've anything li
by mseidl 8y ago
Even though I never use outlook/ms stuff.
I like google google docs. The thing is, I rarely have to use them, so and it's been FOREVER since I've anything like libreoffice installed. So, in the case I have to handle a word document or spreadsheet, docs is good. I'd rather deal with a slightly slower web app rarely then having all the office suite stuff installed.
- prepend 8y agoI was a big fan of google docs 10 years ago. But have lost interest as they have stagnated. Sheets is slow for anything over 100 rows compared to Excel and there’s a lot of 20% functionality that’s been missing for years in functions, charts, pivot, etc. It’s great for lists, but I want an Excel clone on web. Fortunately, MS has been building this. If MS ever simplified their license, I’ll switch.
- Jakob 8y agoWhat’s the complex part about their licensing? I thought it was a monthly subscription if you want upgrades or a one-time fee if you want the current version only.
- prepend 8y agoThey have commercial and non-commercial. Different features are active in different configurations. The actual license is simple for office. I actually pay $100/year for my family. But almost every few months a new feature is announced only to learn that it’s only available for business. Or it’s not available for personal users. Stuff like that. Google is dead simple. Everything free for personal use, but more storage space. Or business is $50/user/year/forever.
- nunez 8y agoGoogle Docs is great until you want to use it in a low-netowork bandwidth or resource-constrained environment. That’s when you see how much of a resource hog it can be. (Offline Google Docs doesn’t really compare.)