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stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

IT guy here, I can sort of accept Windows 11 from a user’s perspective, but the new Outlook is absolutely unforgivable.

It is a peice of utter garbage and will break so many workflows that I am scared for the future.

Microsoft built their dominance on Office, not Windows, specifically, Excel and Outlook.

Sadly almost every company runs Exchange and there is a lot of companies that either already run 365 or are migrating to it.

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filister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Do not forget their so-called open document format (OOXML), which is everything but open, and their deliberate efforts to suffocate the competition, by abusing their market position.

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ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I know that’s true of large enterprises but I spent about a decade in an around start ups and few used Microsoft stuff (except Excel for finance people). If you’re starting from scratch and have a bunch of young employees, there’s really no reason to stick with the legacy Microsoft stuff.

Not saying “Google’s office suite is better than Microsoft’s.” Microsoft’s cloud offerings are basically the same now and there’s some advantages and disadvantages. I just mean there’s a generation of people that know Google Workplace better than MS Office.

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A_A@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Likewise, in 1995 M$ made WinRAR. it took the place of a much better product that was PKZip which existed since 1989. Since then I always see crooked things in each of their products and predatory commercial moves.

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- atocci@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Wait what? Microsoft didn't make WinRAR.
  
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  - A_A@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    from your link : “WinRAR is a Windows-only program.”
    … you are right that it was created by someone else in an independent company but then distributed by M$ … the important part for me is that it came after PKZip and took its place, and is worse.
    
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    atocci@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It's not distributed by Microsoft either, it's distributed by Win.rar GmbH from their own website. The developers made it only for Windows, but that doesn't mean Microsoft played any part in it. Windows is the most widely used desktop OS, especially in business environments, and selling to businesses is where WinRAR makes their money.
    
    Also, 7zip 4 lyfe
    
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    olympicyes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    If you want to be mad about something relevant, be mad that Windows 10/11 use deflate64 for zipping very large file. By default, deflate64 is not compatible with Python ZipFile nor Gnome’s built in unarchiver app.
    
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