Why is Microsoft allowed to have a monopoly on office suite software?

>>59412043
>what is open office

Because it's the only actual good one.

>allowed

Allowed by who? What or whom do you propose stop the monopoly?

>>59412064
the government and the UN

make it free except for corporations and llcs

>>59412043
Go on kid, make a better alternative nobody's going to stop you.....

>>59412073
You fucking socialists will be slaughtered wholesale very soon. I cannot wait for the day. Killing commies doesn't even violate the NAP.

already using libre office which is completely free

>>59412073
You already have free options. You don't want or support that though.

>>59412050
>What is LibreOffice

>>59412052
Bullshit.

For what reason do you need office except for work or school, in which both situations if you work/study at somewhere half decent you get it for free
>what is office365
>what is microsoft imagine

>>59412043
>what is WPS

>>59412073
Fucking commie scum. Kill yourself as soon as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzr12gBrXA8

>>59412043
Because you faggots who refuse to learn and use libreoffice for literally meme reasons let them.
Because IT teachers let them. Because companies let them.

>>59412136
its not like photoshop vs gimp case where photoshop is much better (gimp is a piece of shit by design)

libreoffice lets you export to msoffice extensions and its doing probably 80% of what msoffice can do

>>59412043
what's the problem when you can just torrent it for free?

>>59412166
online activation basically.
i know you have keygens that let you crack with phone code or someshit but its a fucking trojan

>>59412158
Yeah, and at least LibreOffice has a much more classic design instead of having that shitty ass ribbon.

I personally don't have a problem with GIMP, honestly, but than again, I'm not a professional artist.

>>59412158
Gimp is great. I haven't used Adobe software in a decade and I recommend other people do the same. They don't even sell software anymore.

File: file.png (38KB, 1167x710px) Image search: [Google]

38KB, 1167x710px

Beats me, but honestly what exactly is stopping you from getting it with the latest updates?

>>59412216
see
>>59412132
Capitalist dogs wont give it away.

>>59412136
>>59412158
>>59412205
>>59412212
I work in the Big 4 and we use excel not libreoffice.

>>59412111
Eh, the last thing it was useful for me for was setting up Satellaview Zelda games on my laptop, since the instructions come in docx format.

So basically it's useful for when readmes come in an Office format.

>>59412112
I only have that shit on my phone because LibreOffice Mobile doesn't let you create new documents and Microsoft Office Mobile is fucking account-based.

>>59412212
Yeah the only thing from Adobe I still have installed is Flash Player because things like Shumway and Gnash weren't complete enough for me and these days I don't even really need the Flash Player anymore I just keep it for rewatching old animations and playing old games I guess.

File: 1489489830815.jpg (44KB, 636x616px) Image search: [Google]

44KB, 636x616px

>be college fag
>do all homework in libre office
>save files as .docx before submitting
>nobody knows the difference

if you paid for microsoft office you are literally retarded

>>59412237
Crazy how employers get to dictate what you use. It's almost like you just work there. This doesn't make MS Office a monopoly.

>>59412286
>not pirating it

shiggy diggy do shit

>>59412301
>I want it free, but from capitalist sources
This is why nobody takes commies seriously anymore.

>>59412335
The only time they were taken seriously was when they were being physically removed as they should be.

Kill the commies.

>>59412043
They're not. Dominating the market and having a close to 100% share isn't the same as having monopoly.

>>59412286
Good job on that book report, Billy

>>59412052
Haha! M$ Office was always behind OpenOffice.
Trust the Document Foundation and use LibreOffice dude.

>>59414955
So why is OpenOffice deprecated?

>>59412043
The same reason why Texas Instruments graphing calculators tend to be the only allowed one in certain academic situations. Marketing. Now that it's ubiquitous everyone is too lazy to change.

>>59412043
Use tex you faggot.

>>59414974
The jews at oracle bought openoffice and the devs said fuck that and forked it. OpenOffice is pretty much dead now while LibreOffice is thriving.

>>59412073

>BUH BUH IT WORKS AND I CANT AFFORD IT
>IT SHOULD JUST BE GIVEN TO ME!!! CAUJSE IT MAKES ME FEEL BAD WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THINGS I DONT!!!!!!

Socialism is cancer.

>>59414974
Well after Oracle bought Sun it was announced they were killing off OpenOffice. This led to the creation of LibreOffice and the formation of The Document Foundation. Afterwards Oracle sold OpenOffice to Apache but I think The Document Foundation has given more of a shit about LibreOffice development than Apache has given to OpenOffice development.

>>59412043

Google docs.

>>59412286
>not getting free Office 365 as student

Poor life choices m8

>>59415589
>>59415522
The Document Foundation did a great job with Libre Office, it's finally on par with Microsoft Office 2003!

>>59412043
I bet you eat more chicken mcnuggets in one month than Office would cost you, you fucking fatso

>>59415661
And that's a bad thing? Dude, Office has sucked since 2007. I was once in class and this guy had out a Windows 7 laptop but he was still using Office 2003!

The ribbon is a joke. And I bet they only made the docx format because of their crappy attempts at DRM.

>>59415790
The ribbon is fine for anyone that isn't diagnosed with crippling autism

>>59412050
>open office
cuck

>>59415790
>And I bet they only made the docx format because of their crappy attempts at DRM.
It's not like docx and other x formats have advantages...

>>59412043

The worst part is Office365 afaik you even have Office on a web browser it's gross, even Adobe only has monthly subscriptions

File: 1355645487497.jpg (138KB, 352x338px) Image search: [Google]

138KB, 352x338px

>>59412095
finally someone mentions the true solution
+1 for libre

>>59416070
What is this even supposed to mean?

>>59416070
>$70 a year for 5 installs
>always updated
>1TB of storage for important files you need on multiple computers

What's the issue?
>m-muh botnet
Fuck off

>>59412043
>what is WPS Office

>>59416170

Offline usage is now impossible, user security is now removed to the benefit of company profit security and botnet

>>59412095
Honestly?

LibreOffice is a shitty Office alternative that's worth every cent.

>>59412073
The monopoly was created by the government by using MS office and requiring it in schools

>>59416353

LibreOffice also has relatively more vulnerabilities compared to Office (walled garden aside)

File: Jew_Post.png (285KB, 491x491px) Image search: [Google]

285KB, 491x491px

>>59415537
>>59412081
>>59412121

MS Office is actually good though.

libre office and open whatnot are fine and anyone who disagrees is a paid marketer

>>59412050
>>59412095

Things like libreoffice and openoffice are complete shit because no one else uses them. MS Office has the benefit of being well established, and the alternatives will never be able to achieve that.

I remember hearing one anon say that his resume formatting was being fucked due to the differences between libre and MS Word, and that it probably cost him job interviews before he discovered it.

>>59412043
they don't there are tons of other office suites out there

>>59416642
The business world will be running on Microsoft for the foreseeable future. If you want on that train, then conformity is unfortunately a fact of life.

File: Selection_20170315_18:07:33.png (9KB, 380x99px) Image search: [Google]

9KB, 380x99px

>>59415502

>>59412043

Google Docs is literally free.

Billy is rich enough, just pirate that shit

>>59412043
Try FreeOffice and saveas files in word format so bill can deal with the file. Some better features and some missing. Still, it's free and I can tell b to f'off.

>>59412043
You don't know what a monopoly is

its not a monopoly if you have other choices

File: Screen Shot 2017-03-15 at 2.51.32 PM.png (115KB, 963x216px) Image search: [Google]

115KB, 963x216px

>>59416516

>>59416642
Or else your not a dick and you convert your resume to pdf format to avoid that kind of shit to happen.

>>59416642
The retard deserved it for not exporting it as a PDF file before sending it in. What the fuck did he expect to happen?

>>59416642
>not sending your CV in pdf format
who would like to hire a moron?

>>59412043
i think all the offices do it cause all the other offices do it.

they probably do it cause their free shit has let them down a few times when it came time to open some attachment.

text and spreadsheet files can easily work between office suites but powerpoints just never play nice.

>>59412043
>not being in university where you get that shit for free
Besides that there's google docs and libre office. Even though libre office is so much shittier compared to MS office. This is coming from someone who's used it for about 3 or so years.

>>59412050
>what is open office
Unusable garbage for $800, Alex

>>59412286
>his school doesn't give the full office suite to students for free

>>59412043
LibreOffice should just create their own ribbons desu. It just scares normies.

>>59416642
What exactly did he discover that cost him interviews? The different file type or the nature of loading openoffice docs in word turned it into an unformatted shithole?

>>59412237
I work in the Big 4 and we use white toilet paper instead of the grey one crazy huh

File: yuuko.png (176KB, 422x379px) Image search: [Google]

176KB, 422x379px

>need to print single form
>only displays properly in MS Word
I had to pirate it.

>>59416642
DESU, the only formatting problems I've had with Libre to MS so far has been with PowerPoint. Word displayed my documents fine.

>>59416719
Yeah, my mom loves WordPerfect and hates Microsoft Word but uses Microsoft Word instead because of this.

I personally use LibreOffice but for a while I grew up on WordPerfect because of my mom.

File: 1486296909914.jpg (136KB, 960x1280px) Image search: [Google]

136KB, 960x1280px

E M A C S

O R G - M O D E

>>59414845
undergrated toast

>>59412286
Is libre office any good for writing stories and converting them to PDFs?

>>59418395

>Advocating being in university forever and not being an actual productive adult human.

Academia cucks are cancer of the worst kind.

>>59412043
>what is Softmaker

File: standards.png (24KB, 500x283px) Image search: [Google]

24KB, 500x283px

>>59412043
They don't.
Also pic related.

>>59418990
Yes. It has had PDF export built in since forever.

>>59412043
I wouldnt mind to pay 20 bucks for it.

>Office 2012
>License expired but since it was business license I can get it activated for free on any machine
>PC number 17 running completely legal office 2012
Comfy

>>59416642
>software X is shit because it doesn't work well with a proprietary software Y's standard
This is like saying an apple tree sucks because it doesn't grow oranges. Or even better, like saying your software is better because only it can open your formatting. This isn't a real argument. There's nothing significant doc/x format can do that a FOSS one can't.

>>59420499
Literally >>>/reddit/.

https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/

>>59420611
>>>>>/CIA/

>>59420639
Be safe, citizen.

>>59412043
>don't know what a monopoly is
holy shit that explain why OP is too stupid to torrent that shit or just get the poorfag version aka libre office/openoffice

>>59412043
Because LibreOffice is garbage, and Google Docs has only basic functionalities.

Stuck with it at work.. Work on a print shop so we forced to use what everyone else does so things are formatted and print correctly

>>59412043
Why would anyone buy Home & Student when it doesn't have OneNote or Outlook?

>>59420572
Do you lose much if you set Office to use ODF as standard? I'm always asked if I want docx or odf every time I install Office for clients, but I always choose docx since I assume my clients will start crying due to something not being like they thought it would be.

>>59412286
Not using LaTeX.

>>59416642
Not sending in fucking PDFs.

>>59415502
This.

File: IMG_9239.jpg (397KB, 2048x1446px) Image search: [Google]

397KB, 2048x1446px

>>59412073
Bernie lost, get over it.

>>59412043
Microsoft office is legitimately the best office software out there.

Find another word processor that works well with both touch and ink, has on-demand screen clippings, integration with a decent cloud storage platform, and real-time inline-to-display math notation rendering.

What software should I install for my mom and dad? They're pretty low tech

>>59412286
>be college fag
>do all homework in libre office
>save files as .docx before submitting
>formatting is shit the next time someone opens it

HELP

>>59423745
Microsoft Office on Windows 10

Don't be that retard that installs Ubuntu with an OS X skin and Libre Office on his parent's laptop

>>59423745
MorphOS on an recent PowerPC Mac.

>>59418357
>>59412050
Honestly why would he not have used a PDF... You can't fix stupid

Buy a windows phone its free with it

But they don't have a monopoly, Apple makes a word editor and stuff too.

>>59423773
Use Word Viewer to verify the formatting before sharing it ya dingus.

Isn't .docx supposed to be an open standard?

>>59425324
yea, but microsoft doesn't follow it properly, making it meaningless

File: 1488326359791.jpg (74KB, 400x565px) Image search: [Google]

74KB, 400x565px

>>59416918

>>59422623
you know elections happen every 4 years, right?

>business using business office suite

Well no shit

>>59425500
Not anymore fag. Emperors pass down their title by birthright

Wait people actually use Microsoft Office?
What the fuck?

File: 82514.jpg (68KB, 960x960px) Image search: [Google]

68KB, 960x960px

>>59425841
Where the hell have you been for the last 20 years?

>>59412043
>google docs

>>59412286
>sending files in .doc or anything similar, not .pdf

what the fuck man?

>>59416642
that's because that dude is a fucking mongoloid who sent it as a doc file or whatnot, and not a .pdf. i'm glad if that's the reason he didn't get a job, because he deserved it.

>>59418371
anyone who uses powerpoints is a retard either way.

>>59422254
jesus fucking christ. i'm literally shocked that anyone would sent anything to print in not-pdf.

>>59423773
pdf you idiot.

You can literally get Office 2016 for 30$ on key re-sellers.
>inb4 duplicated keys
I've been making a living out of idiots for years that bring in their PCs to upgrade them to Win10 with the latest Office Suit, and so far nobody bawled their eyes on me that it stopped working and shit.

Win10 Pro = 15$
Office 2016 Pro Plus = 30$
Charge 150~200$ for this

Sick margins, there are people that complain that it's expensive, then I show them that it would cost around 500$ anywhere else with the same two products, they instantly shut up.

Am i the only one who likes abword more?

>>59426580
>You can literally get Office 2016 for 30$ on key re-sellers.
I can get it for free, but I'd rather not install and use that bloated mess.
I did install it recently for testing and I couldn't find a way to disable it from trying to go online. I checked all the settings.

>>59427645
Abiword was pretty nice, fast and small, but it's abandonware now. Also not an office suite.

>>59427725
Someone needs to revive it and make an abisuite.

Use libre office. Sometimes the Power Point equivalent has compability problems with Power Point, but you can just export the presentation as a PDF and then revert it back to .ppt or use google documents. Also you can run libreoffice in a pen drive without problems .

>Why is Microsoft allowed to have a monopoly on office suite software?

Is anyone being forced at gunpoint to make the purchase?

No.

Is there other software available that does similar tasks as those aspects of Office itself that are cheaper in price or completely free of monetary cost?

Yes.

Hence, not a monopoly, and monopolies are not illegal, you stupid fucking person.

>stupid fucking people will be the death of us all

File: a95a2e2dd42a2834c8f178b452b5c9ea15cebf3a.jpg (8KB, 198x198px) Image search: [Google]

8KB, 198x198px

>>59412043
>plane A
>meets all aviation standards
>known to work 100% of the time
>made by professionals
>reliable support
>made by a company that focuses in one type of plane instead of building multiple planes and hope one of them works

>plane B
>meets some standards, depends on the runway it's on
>known to work 90% of the time. When it stops working it's usually in the air
>made by a bunch of autist that refuses to spend money on reliable material but and choose to build the planes with whatever's in the shed
>support mostly involves googling
>made by a company that have made many types of planes in the past but none of them made it to the destination

Why is plane A allowed to have a monopoly on air traffic?

>>59428037
Fuck off totalitarianism supporter.

>>59428037
Why are retards allowed to make false equivalences?

>>59428037
bad analogy, but let me correct it.

>plane A
>makes own aviation standards
>doesn't crash that often
>made by large company
>indian support service nobody uses
>made by a company that focuses on keeping the product proprietary instead of making it good.

>plane B
>meets the standards as described by company A. The standard doesn't cover all features, so converting back and forth causes issues. When it stops working it's usually in the runway
>made by a bunch of autist that focuses on the ethics of the company over the quality of their product.
>support is outsourced to community

>>59416642
Did you know that google docs (what literally everyone uses instead of cucksoft office) is literally openoffice?

>>59428441
>doesn't stop crashing that often
FTFY

>>59412043
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qj8p-PEwbI

>made by a bunch of autist that focuses on the ethics of the company over the quality of their product.

That's the worst argument ever. Why the fuck would you care more about ethics instead of fucking quality of a consumers product? Software is about fucking functionality and practicality, not philosophy, you gigantic piece of autistic shit

>>59429161
But it's not?