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LibreOffice. No need for MS Office, ever
You're thinking as an individual. Excel in the business is what keeps Office afloat. There simply is no substitute. Even if you want to go with another spreadsheet, who's going to trust that to faithfully import Excel data?
I'm not sure I even trust Excel to import an Excel file without mangling it.
LOL, Excel doesn't mangle shit. It's best-in-class spreadsheet software for a dozen reasons. #1 being that it never changes. It's solid, no other software like it. Business won't risk fucking around with anything else.
SOURCE: Sysadmin for several companies, and one that mainly used Google for Business. Accounting still had to have Excel.
So, not actually an Excel power user then.
Well, no? It would be ridiculous to expect me to be a power user over all the software I've administrated. I judge what people need according to business demands and orders from on high. My judgement is that, yes, some business units require Excel.
How many individuals care about what businesses do though? Usually they provide the hardware too, so it's whatever when it comes to what the company chooses to use.
These are more individual concerns for personal hardware. So long live LibreOffice.
Bruh. We're talking about a certain piece of software. You're getting a bit off track.