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Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
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Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On 2024-12-28 14:34, rbowman wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:04:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:49 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 26/12/2024 4:39 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> As a programmer, I like to use powerful and versatile tools. That
>>>>> includes the ability to automate workflow.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tools exist for this purpose, like odfpy for ISO 26300 files, which
>>>>> are the native format of LibreOffice. And LibreOffice itself can run
>>>>> Python code.
>>>> 
>>>> My programming tasks has never ever needed to automate Office using
>>>> VBA.
>>> 
>>> So your needs are fairly simple. That’s nothing to be ashamed of.
>> 
>> You do realize there is a whole world outside of Office?
> 
> Yeah, it sometimes pains me that it is brought up as often as it is as 
> some sort of must-have piece of software. It suggests that people don't 
> do much other than open up Word and Excel.

In the professional world that's pretty accurate. If you include outlook
then you've got 95% of people's "productivity".