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I was really surprised to learn that according to Okta’s Businesses at Work 2019 report[1] Microsoft Office is still significantly more popular than G Suite, at

I was really surprised to learn that according to Okta’s Businesses at Work 2019 report[1] Microsoft Office is still significantly more popular than G Suite, at least in the workplace: > Office 365 increased its lead and continues to dominate the total pool of apps by number of customers, and it’s growing its active unique users by 55% year over year. I wrote a bit about the report[2]. Another interesting finding is that people actually prefer using Microsoft Office products: > Our survey found that 67% of knowledge workers prefer Microsoft Word over Google Docs, while only 15% report the opposite. When it comes to email, 49% prefer Microsoft Outlook over Gmail, while 35% report the opposite. [1]: https://www.okta.com/businesses-at-work/2019/ https://www.okta.com/businesses-at-work/2019/ [2]: https://blog.robenkleene.com/2019/08/31/office-suite-market-share/ https://blog.robenkleene.com/2019/08/31/office-suite-market-...

himinlomax 7y ago
The Google Docs word processor objectively sucks, it's barely a rich text editor. To wit, you can't even define custom styles!
- rectang 7y ago
  And both Word and Google Docs pale in comparison to LaTeX for demanding customization work. But "barely a rich text editor" suffices for the vast universe of documents which barely need rich text. Except when your target market is captured by network effects and demands a particular file format regardless of how appropriate it is for the material.
  - himinlomax 7y ago
    The lack of custom styles is really problematic for a very common use case, documentation. I'd rather use Markdown for the purely tech stuff, but I thought I'd use Docs for collaborating with non or less technical people. That just doesn't work, too tedious.
- jacquesm 7y ago
  Yes, it does. At the same time it works incredibly well for collaborative editing. But the number of quirks and errors in the product are enough to drive you mad.
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himinlomax 7y ago

The Google Docs word processor objectively sucks, it's barely a rich text editor. To wit, you can't even define custom styles!

rectang 7y ago
And both Word and Google Docs pale in comparison to LaTeX for demanding customization work. But "barely a rich text editor" suffices for the vast universe of documents which barely need rich text. Except when your target market is captured by network effects and demands a particular file format regardless of how appropriate it is for the material.
- himinlomax 7y ago
  The lack of custom styles is really problematic for a very common use case, documentation. I'd rather use Markdown for the purely tech stuff, but I thought I'd use Docs for collaborating with non or less technical people. That just doesn't work, too tedious.
jacquesm 7y ago
Yes, it does. At the same time it works incredibly well for collaborative editing. But the number of quirks and errors in the product are enough to drive you mad.

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