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LibreOffice isn't going to win any beauty pageants, but it does everything you need in an office setting. Some specialists can't live without MS Excel and all
by MathMonkeyMan 2y ago
LibreOffice isn't going to win any beauty pageants, but it does everything you need in an office setting.
Some specialists can't live without MS Excel and all of its extensions (banking), but that's not the common case. Common case is word processing, slide presentations, and task management (in spreadsheets).
- troupo 2y agoMS Excel is the most common case. Some multi-billion-dollar businesses are run from Excel
- nonrandomstring 2y ago> Some multi-billion-dollar businesses are run from Excel And that's a problem because it isn't even particularly great software [0,1,2]. Of course all complex calculation tools have bugs, but compare the code quality of Excel with something like Matlab or R and it looks amateurish. [0] https://www.microassist.com/software-tips/real-world-risks-of-spreadsheet-errors/ https://www.microassist.com/software-tips/real-world-risks-o... [1] https://www.solving-finance.com/post/the-wall-of-shame-for-the-worst-excel-errors https://www.solving-finance.com/post/the-wall-of-shame-for-t... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-renam...
- johannes1234321 2y agoYeah, but it allows amateurs to do quite some stuff and is available everywhere. All other systems have a way steeper learning curve.