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Re:ReactOS 0.4.13 by rvz on Sunday April 12, 2020 @08:59PM (#22852210)
Maybe a fine desktop for the top 1% of people (developers) where as over 99% of general users in the world regularly use Windows and macOS.

General users mostly need the proprietary software to do their basic work. Some want Microsoft® Office (Especially Excel®, not LibreOffice Calc), others want Adobe® software, another needs Autodesk 3DS Max and they don't want to play with their OS if something is broken which is what you'll always get with a Linux distro.

No person can take desktop Linux seriously if they still ask about this software still being missing in Linux. It's back to macOS and Windows for them.

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Re:ReactOS 0.4.13 by zenlot on Saturday April 18, 2020 @05:18AM (#22906389)
Have you heard about Office365? Been using Linux in corporate world with Outlook, Word and Excel via web. Never had problems with it.
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Re:ReactOS 0.4.13 by non-entity on Sunday April 12, 2020 @09:05PM (#22852223)
It's actually kinda surprising how many developer tools I play with that either only run on Windows or clearly have Linux as an afterthought.
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