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by vkaku3 hours ago |
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upvoteby tjwebbnorfolk13 minutes ago|
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Statements like this immediately reveal that the commenter has never once seen a real live corporate IT department
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upvoteby vkaku5 minutes ago|
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Right. Well funded corporate IT environments losing access to their data because Microsoft screws them over. Perfect. That's not what I'm reading here.
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upvoteby KetoManx642 hours ago|
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As a daily Linux user and enthusiast, I detest statements like this. You did not read the article not the problem that those companies have and your only solution is "Use LibreOffice" without any actual interest in what their problem is or what an actual solution to their problems is. People like you push newbies away from Linux.

Using LibreOffice does not give you web sharing, nor permission systems, nor automation workflows, nor easy to use access controls, nor so many other things.

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upvoteby nchmy58 minutes ago|
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Also, libreoffice is just unequivocally worse than MS Office - it is actively painful to use their spreadsheet, for example.
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upvoteby vkaku1 hours ago|
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Nope. I actually care enough to make this statement. Using such subscription products and then getting rug pulled isn't something easy for non technical users.

So just start with sovereign, better governed products with clear transparent pricing and better affordability to begin with.

Data interchange formats are more important than ever, and having programs that don't do too many things is just as important.

Not everyone starts thinking about Google Docs or WebDAV to begin with, and actually ... LibreOffice does a decent job here.

https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/guide/...

Don't bring up imaginary problems on Linux that people don't have. Losing access to accounts on a computer or a cloud service due to skunky companies is totally happening today though.

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upvoteby Brian_K_White7 minutes ago|
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As another linux user, as in for everything, desktop, home & work, not just servers at work, for decades by now... they were correct. This kind of statement is counterproductive. It might not be thoughtless, but if not then it's the result of poor quality thought, so lack of thought would actually be the lesser insult.
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upvoteby _joel11 minutes ago|
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Again, you're clearly showing you know nothing about running actual IT for actual companies.
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upvoteby vkaku7 minutes ago|
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Oh Boo Hoo. IT departments for Non Profits that aren't actually like OpenAI. Right.
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