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Does office actually have a moat? I thought the kids liked Google docs nowadays. (No opinion as to which is actually better, the actual thing people should do
by bee_rider 2y ago
Does office actually have a moat? I thought the kids liked Google docs nowadays. (No opinion as to which is actually better, the actual thing people should do is write LaTeX in vim. You can even share documents! Just have everybody attach to the same tmux session and take turns).
- ben_w 2y agoIf you're writing a spreadsheet in LaTeX, I suspect something has gone very wrong somewhere along the line. Spreadsheets are as much a calculation environment as they are a table of figures, and if you're technical enough to be writing docs in LaTeX you should be doing the calculations in a more rigorous environment where you don't copy the formulas between cells.
- wbl 2y agoExcel, the world's most popular functional programming language.
- ethbr1 2y agoExcel, the only IDE universally allowed on corporate devices
- antihipocrat 2y agoI'd argue the web browser falls into that category as well.
- ethbr1 2y agoIn more modern times, although I'd say the barrier of entry is higher there. Plus most analogs would require additional procurement, to which the response for most business users would be "No, you're not a developer."