Sujet : Re: The problem with not owning the software
De : guhnoo-basher (at) *nospam* linux.advocaca (DFS)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 06. Jan 2025, 22:16:20
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On 1/4/2025 9:52 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 01:10:42 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
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On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 02:19:07 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 12:09:28 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
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... suggests that people don't do much other than open up Word and
Excel.
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In the professional world that's pretty accurate.
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Doesn’t sound like that adjective “professional” extends to the actual
quality of results, then.
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Based on what, exactly?
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Based on the known issues with over-reliance on Microsoft products.
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Such as? Excluding the gene name issue, which is pretty niche.
It’s affecting a whole lot of research work
<https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7>.
I entered a gene named 'March 2' (no apostrophes) into LO Calc and it converted to a date.
That egregious data mangling issue would affect a whole lot of genetics research work... if anyone was crazy enough to use LeeberOffice.
Then there was the massive screwup over underreporting of COVID-19
figures in the UK, which went undetected for months
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/excel-glitch-may-have-caused-uk-to-underreport-covid-19-cases-by-15841/>.
The Austrian Social Democratic Party’s botched election of a new
leader
<https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/06/austria_election_excel_blunder/>.
How many Excel screwups can you commit in just one job?
<https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/12/excel_anesthetist_recruitment_blunder/>.
Is it a good idea for a Formula 1 team to use Excel to manage its
parts inventory?
<https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/formula-1-chief-appalled-to-find-team-using-excel-to-manage-20000-car-parts/>.
You're literally blaming human error on Excel.
There's a good Linux advocate.
There are entire websites devoted to compiling errors caused by using
Microsoft Excel.
I notice you didn't say 'caused by Microsoft Excel'. Why stop lying now?
On the other hand, here's a partial list of websites devoted to compiling errors that were actually caused by GuhNoo hobbyware (or in a minority of instances human error).
https://bbs.archlinux.org/https://www.centos.org/forums/http://forums.debian.net/http://fedoraforum.org/http://forums.gentoo.org/https://forum.manjaro.orghttp://forums.linuxmint.com/http://forums.opensuse.org/http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?forumid=14http://ubuntuforums.orgMS is doomed
Excel is doomed
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