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public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird) (euro-stack.com)
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they will save 188,000 € on Microsoft license fees per year

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[–] -1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I hate microsoft as much as the next guy but their office suite is best in class. Its far better funded which makes it so surprising that the other suites arent to far behind. I think with proper funding other suites can get to a point where it makes sense to switch to them.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is it? Almost every time I use it I end up hitting a bug or missing feature. Just last week I was trying to get Word in Office365 to keep some lines together. I followed the instructions from Microsoft's help and it didn't work. Last month I was trying to get "slide M of N" on the bottom of PowerPoint in Office365, but apparently getting the N is just not supported.

    LibreOffice almost always works for me, far more often than Microsoft Office.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Drives me crazy. Rather than talking about how MS got here and how to fix it you get this screeching.

    Same reason Linux desktop will never be mainstream unless valve keeps pumping billions into the shit regular the users need and want.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah thats what I was trying to add with my reply. Ms is only better because its had 1000x the funding. But even with that funding its not 1000x better its only slightly better. This is a perfect time to fund alternatives and take away Microsofts monopoly.

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