Comment on A German state is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions

• mightyfoolish@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  SCSV (semicolon separated values) at least sounds like an upgrade to CSV. Or maybe just use something that is flexible but is standard like JSON?

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  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, SCSV would work, with a .ssv file extension for FAT compatibility.

    JSON is overkill, tabular data is often recorded by 8-bit devices. Yes, you can use a dishwasher to cook salmon, but building a dishwasher is difficult and it can break in many more places. Each piece of salmon also needs to be carefully wrapped.

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    • mightyfoolish@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, I get what you mean. I’m so overprotective of my dishwasher I actually pre-scrub plates very quickly so not to clog the dishwasher (which is pretty similar to sanitizing inputs for putting them in a database I guess). 😊 It’s still much faster than doing the dishes by hands.

      But the point is something simple can run on a simple device with minimal supervision.

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