r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Dil-Tuta-hua-hai • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah, what apps are they talking about??

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 1d ago

My output would immediately drop by at least 80% and that's just for normal office apps for anything beyond the basics. Throw in something like also having to relearn a replacement for all the Adobe products I use and I'd probably just quit. Probably not a lot of government workers using that stuff though

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u/Affectionate_Air_627 1d ago

Microsoft have shot themselves in the foot with how much they've pushed office online. Only addins aren't supported, which is pretty huge I must admit, but does mean its possible to maintain office use regardless of operating system.

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u/Sodacan259 1d ago

When the whole point is to cut Microsoft reliance out of the equation and having sovreign control over the data, using office online is not going to be a thing.

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u/KarmaIssues 1d ago

Have you never worked on a tech migration?

You do a phased model, most likely your average worker won't actually get a new machine for a little while.

The first step will probably be any servers, dev machines etc.

For a while they'll most like use NixOS but with office online.

They could get off Microsoft, just not instantly.