Hmmm, I don’t agree. The trend is in the opposite direction. Microsoft Windows used to have a larger market share and supported hardware indefinitely. Now that their market share has shrunk, they are also limiting support for older hardware. This only shows correlation, not causation, but it does show that more competition has not improved the issue and that we need laws to do that instead. MacOS, the primary competitor to Microsoft Windows which also has Microsoft Office available, only supports their hardware for 6-8 years as well.
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krebssteven@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
What we REALLY need is to curb microsoft’s market dominance. If more alternatives for OS and usable replacements for MS office em would exist, this would not be a problem and would not need to hamper innovation for the sake of back porting (the main counter-argument as a dev).
Cricket@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
Linux and all its flavors?
What’s wrong with libreoffice or anyoffice? For a large percentage of users, Linux is fine, especially as many applications have an online option. For the stuff I do, in Linux, online Office is more than sufficient.
An org I work with provides me with a 365 license, but I I’m more comfortable in Libreoffice.
Office is used bythe majority, but majority doesn’t mean they are right, they are simply more.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
The jank oh my god the jank
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Windows is far more jank than a lot of Linux distros/desktop environments.
Like…
It’s actually incredible how much money Microsoft has, and how much more they spend than probably all Linux DEs combined, but they’ve still yet to fix so much low hanging fruit.
Attacker94@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I have had more issues with formatting between ms 365 desktop and ms 365 online than I’ve had with libreoffice