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> A word processor which supports the same style options as Google Docs and used pandoc to import/export would be as much as most users need. This kind of thin
by maeil 2y ago
> A word processor which supports the same style options as Google Docs and used pandoc to import/export would be as much as most users need.
This kind of thinking in tech is why Office doesn't have any serious competitors. It's insufficient for what most business users need, and they're the reason the whole world runs on Office.
- jlarocco 2y agoIt's kind of crazy how half-assed and terrible the web app competitors to Office are. It's been 30 years, and Office 95 was objectively better and more full featured than Google Docs in 2024. Even Microsoft Works would blow Google Docs out of the water in a feature-by-feature comparison.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoTo be fair, office 95 was an incredible release and it had a similar increase in sophistication that windows 95 did over earlier versions of windows. The Microsoft works of that era, which I think was version 4, was also a big step up. I assume that is because it must share some software components with the full office suite. the later versions of office have not really added much useful functionality. The ribbon was perhaps the big change since that era, but it was largely unnecessary.