On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:40:23 -0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk
wrote:

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And Word can Track Changes, again important in many organisations.


I was under the impression that the Linux Office equivalents for Word and
Excel were pretty complete ?

Sorta. ;-)

If they're missing big stuff like that (with
no plans to introduce it) then again, stop wasting my time with "linux on
the desktop" stories

Quite.

Ages ago I put Linux on an old laptop for an elderly lady because it
happy on her hardware and potentially did all she needed (I went
though the list with her).

She contacted me the other day with issues with her iPad (she had
forgotten her Apple ID and password) but someone else contacted Apple
for her and sorted it.

I asked her how she was getting on with the Linux laptop and she said
she tried it once, couldn't get on with it and so hasn't touched it
since. Now, I can't see how at a user level the likes of Mint is that
far removed from most Windows desktops and once in Firefox or
Thunderbird it's nearly the same.

Buy you would be surprised just what little difference (where the
differences aren't any harder to use etc) will put some people off.
;-(

Cheers, T i m