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> Wrong, MS fanboy. Oh fuck off. I haven't owned a copy of Windows since Windows 98. > I'm not in any way a Google fanboy, I never insinuated anything of th

> Wrong, MS fanboy. Oh fuck off. I haven't owned a copy of Windows since Windows 98. > I'm not in any way a Google fanboy, I never insinuated anything of the sort, but when you come out swinging with the insults I guess this is the kind of conversation you're expecting? > There's a whole industry of word processing and spreadsheet apps out there that sell themselves as "easy to use." One guess what they're comparing themselves to. They're comparing themselves to the office suite that hundreds of millions of people at least have successfully learned how to use. Millions of naive school children and experienced typists alike have learned how to do what they need done in MS Word. And for decades, Microsoft Excel has been the backbone of innumerable businesses, from mom and pop to fortune 500. Both of these programs are incredible popular successes no matter what you think of Microsoft. (I happen to hate this company, despite your obnoxious presumptions.) Aside to other commenters, can somebody recommend a kill file extension for hacker news?

shrimp_emoji 5y ago
> Oh fuck off. I haven't owned a copy of Windows since Windows 98. Holy based
UIUC_06 5y ago
Hundreds of millions, no billions of people have eaten at McDonalds. Arguments from popularity don't get very far. OK, rather than me providing a link, just do a DDG search of "ms word crashes." The problem with having a zillion features is that in unusual cases, they don't work. You can't possibly test every combination of features in every version, in every weird case. My editor warned me against using Word, because she's had countless clients whose files have gotten corrupted, irretrievably.