Well, IIRC there’s a flight simulator hidden somewhere in Excel
Comment on Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”
LordMayor@piefed.social 4 days ago
“Let’s take the most recognizable software package name and make it something totally divorced from what the software is supposed to be for.”
There are probably people for whom Microsoft Office is the only desktop software that they use. There are probably many people in procurement that are going to scratch their heads and think twice about signing off on something that sounds like a flight simulator.
This is an opportunity for alternate office suites.
diemartin@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
dan@upvote.au 4 days ago
Unfortunately they no longer include elaborate Easter eggs like that, since they adopted a security policy around 20 years ago that forbids them. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/…/why-no-easter-eggs
diemartin@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Ah! Bummer :(
I haven’t used Excel in ages, tho
dan@upvote.au 4 days ago
I don’t know many people that still call it “Microsoft Office”… They usually refer to the individual apps they use (Word, Excel) rather than the suite as a whole.
Some people just call it “Microsoft” (“please install Microsoft on my computer”), especially if they’re on MacOS where it’s the only Microsoft software they use.
Some people assume it’s part of Windows since they’ve only ever used computers that have had it preinstalled.
tonytins@pawb.social 4 days ago
It’s like they’re trying to alienate their core customer base. Windows 8 may have been salvageable but Office is not.
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
For business, they’re locked into Excel, there is no substitute. I can see MS blowing out the remaining home users though.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 4 days ago
Its is almost universally the main reason that even a lot of Linux daily-drivers still have a windows install available to them. They fuck up Office enough and there isn’t a reason to even have Windows for most users.
chloroken@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Who the fuck is dual booting for Office? You just made that up.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 4 days ago
Literally everyone I know that runs a Linux desktop and also has a job.
partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
They don’t just use office from the web, via Linux? I would not shut down my PC and boot into windows just for office. I keep my Windows around because my wife prefers it (for now).