• mutant_zz@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Sadly, the lock-in is pretty extreme… as is user inertia. Office 365 has made the problem worse as well, even if you have something like OnlyOffice that does a good job of compatibility with Office, it can’t sync with OneDrive.

    If you collaborate with non-technical people, they will expect you to work in Office formats, and won’t even entertain discussion of any alternative.

    • ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.org
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      4 months ago

      Wait who are the technical people you work with who are using things besides Excel?? Or by technical people do you specifically mean computer science people? Cause you get mech, civil, or electrical engineers in a room and I think I would have a heart attack if their designs were not all in Excel or word (+altium, solidkindaworks, etc)