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Windows coasted on decades of entrenched users from two sources: games and Microsoft Office. Google docs demolished one of those.
by echelon 1y ago
Windows coasted on decades of entrenched users from two sources: games and Microsoft Office.
Google docs demolished one of those.
- antod 1y agoAs someone who had a 20yr break from MS software until a recent new job, I'm not sure it was Google who demolished Office. I reckon it was MS. I can't believe how confusing/confounding/frustrating the modern MS Office and it's cloud integration is. I swear Office 2003 was miles better. And it seems that way with the UX of just about all their stuff now. I would run into little functionality limitations/frustrations with the Google suite, but I wasn't prepared for how far ahead the UX is compared to MS tools.
- bigstrat2003 1y agoIf someone's needs are so basic that the crappy Google docs apps can meet them, then they could've been just as happy with LibreOffice. Google docs is not remotely competitive with MS office.
- Yiin 1y agoyou'd be surprised how many users are covered by basic needs.
- DanielHB 1y agoFor docs yes, but spreadsheets power users are everywhere in every organization in the world. Sure they are not the majority of employees, but they are often very high up in the management chain and you will only pry them out of MS Excel from their cold dead hands. I am not a power user of excel in any way and even I can see that google sheets doesn't match it in features and performance.
- echelon 1y agoI haven't needed Microsoft Office in 15 years. I've built and worked at multiple companies that are entirely in the Google Workspace ecosystem. If there's some "missing feature", I haven't found it or needed it.