For basic usage, just use LibreOffice.
For any serious data storage, get PostgreSQL.
SQLite perchance, as a treat.
Microsoft has nothing worth using.
Mostly agree. However, Excel remains the exception. I refuse to buy/subscribe to whatever subscription they are currently peddling, but I do consider my stand alone Excel license to be worth it. And if the next version of Excel is still offered as a stand alone perpetual license and does not force AI, I’ll buy that too.
msage@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 weeks ago
I feel like Google sheets is a better experience than Excel, at least for my personal usage. I’m not enterprise though, and not trying to run it like a database or anything crazy.
blitzen@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
If I’m using it in browser, sure. But as a standalone application, no comparison IMO.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 weeks ago
I’ve tried both. I think part of it is friction from little behaviors that I expect to be like Google sheets but aren’t. I don’t even know what they are until I hit some keys and excel does the “wrong” (but probably reasonable) thing.
hobovision@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
I have the reverse, I am so used to Excel from work that using Google sheets can be really annoying.
lengau@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Yeah there truly is no comparison to Excel (derogatory).
(I’m just bitter because of VBA okay?)
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
Yeah, I meant for AI stuff specifically. Their main products are…well I wouldn’t say “good” but they successfully choked out all competition in the 90s so…