Re: The problem with not owning the software

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".