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Microsoft has not added any functionality to their operating system or applications since 1998–only bloat to keep up with the need to create a need for faster p

Microsoft has not added any functionality to their operating system or applications since 1998–only bloat to keep up with the need to create a need for faster processors. I can’t think of one thing I can do in the Microsoft Office suite I couldn’t do 20 years ago. It’s just slower.

dhruvdh 5y ago
There is a chance that your use case is basic and hasn’t changed in 20 years, but I think there is a higher chance of it’s a case of general hatred for Microsoft. > only bloat to keep up with the need to create a need for faster processors. Do people not see what their feelings towards Microsoft turns them into?
- pomian 5y ago
  Why hate? I don't hate, Microsoft or Office, or anything like that. Those are choices, things. You can't hate things. I agree with this OP that office had all the functionality almost everyone needed twenty years ago. Most of the changes to office have been cosmetic and frustrating to established users. Perhaps their could have been add ons - like in browsers, for more functionality that certain users need, without messing with established work flows and ease of use, which are also important.
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- garbagecoder 5y ago
  List one feature from Word that didn’t exist in 2003 that you depend on.
  - dhruvdh 5y ago
    I don’t use Word at all, there are many other pieces of software in the Office suite, many which simply did not exist 20 years ago. If you think nothing has changed then it is very likely you don’t need Office.
  - gsinclair 5y ago
    Word’s modern Equation Editor.
    - garbagecoder 5y ago
      Fair enough, I do like Latex input.
sz4kerto 5y ago
Collaborative editing? What have the Romans given us?
- elkos 5y ago
  Wasn't collaborative editing provided by other platforms before Office?
  - syockit 5y ago
    But GGP comment was about what Microsoft added to Office in these 20 years? Why would other platforms matter?
mdoms 5y ago
> Microsoft has not added any functionality to their operating system or applications since 1998 This is simply absolute nonsense. Are you really contending that no real functionality has been added to Windows since Windows NT? I know HN loves to hate Microsoft but are we really upvoting this crap?
- garbagecoder 5y ago
  He’s wrong about the OS, but it’s not far from the truth with Office.

dhruvdh 5y ago

There is a chance that your use case is basic and hasn’t changed in 20 years, but I think there is a higher chance of it’s a case of general hatred for Microsoft. > only bloat to keep up with the need to create a need for faster processors. Do people not see what their feelings towards Microsoft turns them into?

pomian 5y ago
Why hate? I don't hate, Microsoft or Office, or anything like that. Those are choices, things. You can't hate things. I agree with this OP that office had all the functionality almost everyone needed twenty years ago. Most of the changes to office have been cosmetic and frustrating to established users. Perhaps their could have been add ons - like in browsers, for more functionality that certain users need, without messing with established work flows and ease of use, which are also important.
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garbagecoder 5y ago
List one feature from Word that didn’t exist in 2003 that you depend on.
- dhruvdh 5y ago
  I don’t use Word at all, there are many other pieces of software in the Office suite, many which simply did not exist 20 years ago. If you think nothing has changed then it is very likely you don’t need Office.
- gsinclair 5y ago
  Word’s modern Equation Editor.
  - garbagecoder 5y ago
    Fair enough, I do like Latex input.

sz4kerto 5y ago

Collaborative editing? What have the Romans given us?

elkos 5y ago
Wasn't collaborative editing provided by other platforms before Office?
- syockit 5y ago
  But GGP comment was about what Microsoft added to Office in these 20 years? Why would other platforms matter?

mdoms 5y ago

> Microsoft has not added any functionality to their operating system or applications since 1998 This is simply absolute nonsense. Are you really contending that no real functionality has been added to Windows since Windows NT? I know HN loves to hate Microsoft but are we really upvoting this crap?

garbagecoder 5y ago
He’s wrong about the OS, but it’s not far from the truth with Office.