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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 01:10:42 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 02:19:07 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
> 
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 12:09:28 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> ... suggests that people don't do much other than open up Word and
>>>>> Excel.
>>>> 
>>>> In the professional world that's pretty accurate.
>>> 
>>> Doesn’t sound like that adjective “professional” extends to the actual
>>> quality of results, then.
>> 
>> Based on what, exactly?
> 
> Based on the known issues with over-reliance on Microsoft products.

Such as? Excluding the gene name issue, which is pretty niche.