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This addiction to Microsoft is everywhere and it's terrible for everyone involved. So many small orgs and NGOs paying through the nose for what can be done for
by stef25 1y ago
This addiction to Microsoft is everywhere and it's terrible for everyone involved. So many small orgs and NGOs paying through the nose for what can be done for free with Google Docs & Sheets.
- mr_mitm 1y agoRelying on yet another American mega corp instead of Microsoft doesn't seem very wise.
- gunalx 1y ago^foss alternatives like onlyoffice, nextcloud...
- sam_lowry_ 1y agoNGOs pay little compared to businesses, AFAIR.
- oytis 1y agoUsing proprietary software that is given away for free is even worse than paying for proprietary software - at least you have a contract in the latter case. Governments should pay software engineers and system administrators (or infrastructure engineers if you like) to build and run their systems, ideally open sourcing whatever makes sense
- Saline9515 1y agoGoogle isn't free for non-personal use.
- Marsymars 1y agoYeah, but Google Docs and Sheets are really worse than Word/Excel for many uses/users. I’d be pretty peeved if my employer decided to save figurative pennies by making me use Google Docs/Sheets. And Google Docs/Sheets isn’t really free once you need business functionality. Depends what exactly what your feature requirements are, but Google Workspace pricing has about the same range as Office 365 Enterprise. ($10-$50/user/month)