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I mean, it's a business like any other; they still need email and spreadsheets (actually, they probably need more spreadsheets than the average business). When
by Analemma_ 3y ago
I mean, it's a business like any other; they still need email and spreadsheets (actually, they probably need more spreadsheets than the average business). When I was at Amazon, they already did use Office, except it was an on-prem and sort of annoyingly-outdated version. Presumably they've decided the slight embarrassment of using Microsoft's cloud services is worth having a modern version of Office.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoThey should contribute to LibreOffice and maybe Python instead.
- fbdab103 3y agoUnless LibreOffice can offer 100% bug-for-bug compatibility with Excel, you are going to be in a constant fight with your finance, accounting, tax, and modelling teams who know nothing else. I would expect shadow-IT to have a thriving black market of getting real Excel installed for the needy.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoThink bigger. Now imagine what could be done with a billion dollars not going to your direct competitor.
- TulliusCicero 3y agoLess than what they need.
- thih9 3y agoWhen it is going, they’re more dependent on your business, plus you’re no longer competitors, at least not in an area where they have a multi decade advantage.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoOffice software has been a commodity for a long time. Unless you have deliberately chosen to become dependent. Oh, and forgot to mention the licensing fees paid every year. So will be over a billion in a few short years.
- prmoustache 3y agoFinance + upper management can use what they want and the rest of the company something else. It is not like there is not a lot of interexchange and when it does happen, there is definitely never any macro involved.