06-25-2023, 11:34 AM
So let's get into this business of Microsoft spamming individual Windows users.
Microsoft has built out this platform of online office apps and virtual hard drives, similar to what Google has. They're trying to tie it into the Windows desktop experience. Ever since I got a Windows 11 laptop, I've been getting occasional e-mails from Microsoft trying to persuade me to use their online apps. Here's why it ain't gonna work.
(1) I've never used a Google online app unless I was required to by my old job. Why would I use one now that I'm retired?
(2) I have the operating system. Why wouldn't I just install an office app on that? Isn't that what it's for?
(3) I don't need a bloated word processor, online or otherwise. It's easier for me to format a page exactly as I want it with HTML/CSS.
(4) The vast majority of spreadsheets I've seen weren't used for numerical calculations, which is the purpose of a spreadsheet app. (Shocking, I know.) They were mostly used by non-accountants to make tables or lists of things - which is what a database program is for. Or a simple text editor like Notepad if you don't need to manipulate the data. Between MySQL and embedded solutions like SQLite, not to mention several Linux text editors, I think I have those bases covered. Again, no need for an office suite.
What else do they have in there? (I actually had to look at the LibreOffice menu to see what all apps an office suite has.) Slideshows? HTML/JavaScript. Drawing program? GIMP or PHP/GD. Creating PDF documents? PHP again.
So... office apps are the least useful apps I can think of for my own use. I sure as hell am not gonna give Microsoft my credit card info. so I can use theirs.
Microsoft has built out this platform of online office apps and virtual hard drives, similar to what Google has. They're trying to tie it into the Windows desktop experience. Ever since I got a Windows 11 laptop, I've been getting occasional e-mails from Microsoft trying to persuade me to use their online apps. Here's why it ain't gonna work.
(1) I've never used a Google online app unless I was required to by my old job. Why would I use one now that I'm retired?
(2) I have the operating system. Why wouldn't I just install an office app on that? Isn't that what it's for?
(3) I don't need a bloated word processor, online or otherwise. It's easier for me to format a page exactly as I want it with HTML/CSS.
(4) The vast majority of spreadsheets I've seen weren't used for numerical calculations, which is the purpose of a spreadsheet app. (Shocking, I know.) They were mostly used by non-accountants to make tables or lists of things - which is what a database program is for. Or a simple text editor like Notepad if you don't need to manipulate the data. Between MySQL and embedded solutions like SQLite, not to mention several Linux text editors, I think I have those bases covered. Again, no need for an office suite.
What else do they have in there? (I actually had to look at the LibreOffice menu to see what all apps an office suite has.) Slideshows? HTML/JavaScript. Drawing program? GIMP or PHP/GD. Creating PDF documents? PHP again.
So... office apps are the least useful apps I can think of for my own use. I sure as hell am not gonna give Microsoft my credit card info. so I can use theirs.
