Excel: The Last Microsoft Office Stronghold
There was a good, brief discussion on Twitter tonight about Microsoft Office. Specifically, the fact that itâs 2014, so why the hell is anyone still using it?
To be clear, I know that a lot of people have to use it in their work environment. But thatâs more because their office buys it for them and forces them to. Itâs a strong method of lock-in that is seemingly still going strong after all these years.
The reality is that there are now more than enough solid-to-better alternatives for much of what Office offers. And some, like Google Docs and now even the Apple iWork suite, are free.1 And so it seems to me that increasingly, Office persists more out of habit (âI donât know how to do this without Officeâ) and misguided fear (âwhat if I need Office for some reason?â) than necessity.
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I havenât used Excel in ~10 years, Google Docs is my go-to, LibreOffice is my offline backup. Â
