Been using LibreOffice and OnlyOffice since university, well over a decade ago, haven’t once missed MSOffice.
Microsoft tests ad-supported Office apps for Windows users
Submitted 2 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world
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Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
adarza@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
you already did this before…
office 2010 starter. slightly reduced functionality word and excel, and ‘office to go’ usb creator. had ads. only ever saw/see generic microsoft ones. like they never actually tried selling the space to anyone.
came preinstalled on new systems from major oems during a short window between ms works’ retirement and office 2013’s release.
tanked sales of ‘real’ office enough that it was pulled less than two years later and never tried again.
until now.
BigTrout75@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hi, I’m Clippy and you need to watch this 5 minute ad about about how Facebook brings families together before you can save you document.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m not even a fan or advocate of linux. I find the whole system to be confusing, and lacking in compatability.
That being said, it REALLY feels like somehow linux is controlling microsoft to make windows as bad as humanly possible to force people to switch. I know they won’t, but it really feels like microsoft is almost DARING people to switch.
singletona@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oddly enough Microsoft is on a board that directs the companies that are part of open software backing so in a strange way you … aren’t? Entirely wrong?
I think?
I dunno.
Your comment made my head hurt.
dbkblk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just take a deep breath and imagine you’re a pinguin, it’ll be fine :)
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 months ago
**again.
Office 2010 is back, people!
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ) money… MONEY!!! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Gloria@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Of course they do
singletona@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh look at that, it’s ‘swap to linux’ o’clock.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You don’t even have to for this one. Just use Libre Office; been using it for years.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s like saying you can continue to do business with the guy who keeps trying to stab you if you keep out of arm’s reach.
It’s not wrong, but it’s not addressing the underlying problem.
meeeeetch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You can just switch to Libre, but as Microsoft products (even paid) enshittify and as the Linux scene makes itself more user friendly, switching the rest of the way over just kind of starts to make sense.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Does it have an email/collab product line Outlook yet?
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Cough except for legginess on Wayland cough
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Yes you do, that’s the point. Dump all Microsoft crap, dump Google, dump apple
over_clox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Dang, hard to think, I’ve been running Linux for like 14 years now… 🐧
singletona@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I took a couple years off of linux for the sake of gaming, but literally when those games could be run on linux i went back.
Started in 04. took a couple years off in the late 2010’s. It’s been a wild ride for me.
msage@programming.dev 2 months ago
Time to distrohop again!
I’ve landed on Gentoo, not switching again.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 months ago
On a 100% unrelated note. This reminded me of a Half Life / Eve colab video: Clear Skies. It’s hot drop o’clock!