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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I do not really work with excel beyond the basics. Why can't free solutions like libre office and open office replace excel?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Because MS made non standard functions to force lockin. You can't even go from desktop app to web versions of excel without breaking things