Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done before LateX?”

Re:Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done b... by btmiller on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:37PM (#23340081)

2 things, 1) Why do you consider Google Docs to be any different than Word? They both serve the same market, so you might as well be asking why not standardize around Word. And 2) given the intended uses of Google Docs/Word, the biggest reason not to use it for research are exactly the set of asides you mentioned.

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Re:Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done b... by izzydata on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:46PM (#23340184)

That seems irrelevant in this context as both Microsoft Word or Google Docs would fit the analogy in the same way.

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Re:Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done b... by scubbo on Monday June 08, 2020 @12:57PM (#23458305)

> you might as well be asking why not standardize around Word.

The comment I was replying to specifically called out Google Docs as bad, so that was what I was referring to. I agree that they appear to have mostly-similar features (though, to me as someone who doesn't use either as a Power User, GD seems to be more focused on online collaboration, and MW on local editing, the output of which is then shared)

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