The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source

Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by herbst on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @07:52AM (#44040492)

The problem is not the "advanced features" within Excel but how they are used. If an excel sheet is basically just a front for a visual basic Programm it doesn't easily open anywhere.

As Google's JavaScript API also doesn't work in open office and whatever else they all have in extra layers.

However i am not sure when and why I encountered such a software last time, but my dad is a Visual Basic guy and has done a lot of these weird sheets for internal business stuff.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by gloosx on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @09:10AM (#44041212)

So the Visual Basic (lol) macros seem to be the only real thing retaining all the people on Excel, interesting...

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by zchrykng on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @11:34AM (#44042781)

If Microsoft removed it, the financial services industry would crumble.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by gloosx on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @03:32PM (#44045041)

To be honest, I will not be upset about this.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by zchrykng on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @04:36PM (#44045650)

Hope you never want credit, insurance, mortgages, etc then.

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