I do not really work with excel beyond the basics. Why can’t free solutions like libre office and open office replace excel?
shalafi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The government will still have to pay to use Excel. Too much shit will break, you can’t just flip an .xlxs into another program.
oakward@feddit.org 10 months ago
pineapplepizza@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Because MS made non standard functions to force lockin. You can’t even go from desktop app to web versions of excel without breaking things
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The government should just use libre office
taladar@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Which sounds like an excellent reason to go through the pain once and replace Excel with something better standardized.
valkyre09@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I work for an MSP. I can assure you, those who believe they need excel to do their job are willing to die on that hill, and take the whole department with them
taladar@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Might be less pain in the long term to just let them die on that hill then and replace them when they are gone along with Excel.