News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems. Parent comment

Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by stock_toaster on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @12:34PM (#46888781)
Most people are just highly resistant to change, even change for the better.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by outside1234 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @05:55PM (#46893070)
Ok, but let's be fair. Libre Office et al are terrible.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by olyjohn on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @09:27PM (#46894877)
Its really not that bad. I used to use it at work all the time. I did word processing, spreadsheets and presentations all the time with it. Maybe not as powerful as Excel, but I was never really a power user. But then again I never saw any spreadsheets that anybody used that were particularly complex.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by syockit on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:28PM (#46895313)
We have OnlyOffice as an alternative today. Personally I find the UI quite pleasing. But lately I haven't had any need to use office suite at home so I don't really use it so I have yet to find anything to complain (meanwhile, LibreOffice was horrible, while Office 365 was bearable until you stuff too many things in the equation editor).
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by speed_spread on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:40PM (#46895399)
At this point, LibreOffice is much better than whatever Microsoft now sells as an office suite.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems by jamesnorden on Thursday February 05, 2026 @07:58AM (#46899147)
Doesn't sound fair at all. What's so "terrible" about it in its current form?
[ Parent | on HN ]