Microsoft tests ad-supported Office apps for Windows users
Microsoft tests ad-supported Office apps for Windows users
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Oh look at that, it's 'swap to linux' o'clock.
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You don't even have to for this one. Just use Libre Office, it supports every notable OS. Been using it for years.
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That’s like saying you can continue to do business with the guy who keeps trying to stab you, if you stay out of arm’s reach.
It’s not wrong, but it’s ignoring the underlying issue.
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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.
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you don't even have to
Yes you do, that's the point. Dump all Microsoft crap, dump Google, dump apple
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Does it have an email/collab product line Outlook yet?
Edit: I just remembered that the New Outlook will be pretty cross-platform since it’s effectively OWA.
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Cough except for lagginess on Wayland cough
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Dang, hard to think, I've been running Linux for like 14 years now.. 🐧
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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.
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Time to distrohop again!
I've landed on Gentoo, not switching again.
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‘swap to linux’ o’clock
On a 100% unrelated note. This reminded me of a Half Life / Eve colab video: Clear Skies. It's hot drop o'clock!
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Been using LibreOffice and OnlyOffice since university, well over a decade ago, haven't once missed MSOffice.
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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.
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Hi, I'm Clippy and you need to watch this 5 minute ad about how Facebook brings families together before you can save you document.
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Ha ha ha
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**again.
Office 2010 is back, people!
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┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ) money..... MONEY!!! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
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Of course they do
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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.
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name checks out.
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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.
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Just take a deep breath and imagine you're a pinguin, it'll be fine :)
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