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A few things: Windows Photo Viewer: Indeed, Microsoft has had several iterations of image viewers over the years. They all have nuances and pros/cons. But in t

A few things: Windows Photo Viewer: Indeed, Microsoft has had several iterations of image viewers over the years. They all have nuances and pros/cons. But in the end, not everyone was happy about the "upgrades." WPV was deprecated and articles like this showed up: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-get-windows-photo-viewer-back-in-windows-10/ https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-get-windows-photo-viewer-... Works: Works was a free (with new PCs) entry-level office suite. MS Office is of course not free. They are completely separate product lines that happen to share some (but not all) file formats. Cobol: I believe Visual Studio only supported Cobol starting in 2015. That's a ~20 year absence from the original. The list shows deprecated products that didn't have a specific drop-in, straightforward upgrade path for the end-user.

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cosmie 7y ago
MS Office the desktop software isn't free, but you can use the online versions for free[1]. Considering the Works was never quite at feature parity with Word anyway, the gimped down version of Office Online is a decent alternative. You also have the benefit of not having inconsistencies in file formats, which was always frustrating when working with Works and trying to edit files from Office. [1] https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the-web https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the...
- loosescrews 7y ago
  Works was actually a completely separate codebase from an acquisition, and, as a result, many common features actually worked differently from Microsoft Office. This was problematic as it made upgrading from Works to Office difficult as many people who used Works were used to Works and found Office unfamiliar. I have been told by more than one person that they preferred Works to Office over the years.

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cosmie 7y ago

MS Office the desktop software isn't free, but you can use the online versions for free[1]. Considering the Works was never quite at feature parity with Word anyway, the gimped down version of Office Online is a decent alternative. You also have the benefit of not having inconsistencies in file formats, which was always frustrating when working with Works and trying to edit files from Office. [1] https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the-web https://products.office.com/en-us/free-office-online-for-the...

loosescrews 7y ago
Works was actually a completely separate codebase from an acquisition, and, as a result, many common features actually worked differently from Microsoft Office. This was problematic as it made upgrading from Works to Office difficult as many people who used Works were used to Works and found Office unfamiliar. I have been told by more than one person that they preferred Works to Office over the years.