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Fraterkes • yesterday at 9:14 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

The serious answer here is that a lot of MS products have kindof dual purpose: they are 90% used for very simple stuff (collecting data into a spreadsheet, having a text editor that allows basic styling), and 10% stuff that power users rely on (huge excel files with complicated formulas for data transformation and visualization, word / ppt templates with byzantine branding). The answer is that for the simple stuff you rely on open / cheap alternatives, and for the complex stuff (eg visualizing and transforming data for non-programmers, generating presentations and branded text documents) you can just ask ai now.


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HFguy • yesterday at 9:18 PM

For complex stuff you cannot just always ask ai now.

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moffkalast • yesterday at 9:16 PM

> you rely on open / cheap alternatives

Big business kind of wants 24/4 support that those will not be providing at all though? Plus the various nonsense certifications. I mean try to convince anyone in corporate to use Libre and they'll probably just laugh.

(not that they would ever use that support, they just want to have someone to scapegoat lol)

bix6 • yesterday at 9:16 PM

So your suggestion is a text editor? And ask AI for anything complex?