Why “MS” is being discussed
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> closing their borders to fleeing Jews. This is such a landmine topic, because most countries did this, including the UK and the US; see e.g. the MS St. Louis. This is why ther…
by pjc50 · Sep 7, 2026
> The real risk to MS here is when people take the plunge and see how much nicer a (well supported, well put together) Linux distro is, compared to Windows etc! Will they want t…
by IslandRebel · Sep 7, 2026
A lot of government software moved into some cloud-based, browser-accessible platform during COVID. It depends on the office and the government, but especially with how easily a…
by 3RTB297 · Sep 7, 2026
The long tail of ms Excel does not get replaced easily. For 90% of customers and 90% of workflows you see either no use of a program, or use cases that can be replaced with anyt…
by alkonaut · Sep 7, 2026
Even Microsoft can't perfectly replicate MS Office rendering. Despite access to the source code. Lots of stuff renders slightly broken in the web version, especially once header…
by wongarsu · Sep 7, 2026
The rendering won't be 1:1 but installing the most common MS fonts already does a lot
by meekins · Sep 7, 2026
Interest
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