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Didn't they put Office in the cloud? If so, why is Windows needed? You could run anything plus Office.
by b112 10mo ago
Didn't they put Office in the cloud? If so, why is Windows needed?
You could run anything plus Office.
- Maken 10mo agoThe web version is a complete reimplementation with about as many backward compatibility problems as LibreOffice.
- 1718627440 10mo agoActually LibreOffice has better backward compatibility than MS Office now. If you have a MS Office 2003 file that current MS Office can't open, try LibreOffice.
- rhabarba 10mo agoLibreOffice can't properly render ODT files created with OpenOffice-before-Oracle. I highly doubt their DOCX support is any better.
- IAmBroom 10mo ago"I don't like X, so I'm guessing Y is bad."
- 1718627440 10mo agoDoubt what you like, but I "rescued" old MS Office documents for my grandfather with that. Also this is a common fear when leaving MS Office, so you can bet they work on that. I never had someone complain over OO-compatibitlity until now, so there is that.
- rhabarba 10mo agoWhen LibreOffice appeared on the stage, that was actually my first test back then: opening an existing ODT document I had written. It was already displayed incorrectly at the time.
- 1718627440 10mo agoAre there test files downloadable somewhere, so I can check that myself?
- mminer237 10mo agoMaybe Office 2003, but modern .docx files often don't work right in the web version of Office or in LibreOffice.
- 1718627440 10mo agoBut that wouldn't be backward-compatibility? Also when the MS-pushed web versions can't get it right, does it matter?
- drw85 10mo agoWhich is now piece by piece becoming the Desktop version by wrapping it in some WebView junk.