• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    83·
    3 months ago

    Of course not! We employees of Fortune 500 companies use Google Sheets to manage critical data.

    It’s in the cloud, that’s how you know it’s good.

    (I’m not even joking…our VP said this)

    • doctortran@lemm.eeEnglish
      181·
      3 months ago

      Excel effectively forces cloud usage now if you want to use autosave. And frankly, Microsoft is doing everything it can to shift users to cloud based Office apps.

      They really, really want users and business owners to think of the local data storage and desktop computing as secondary to OneDrive and Webapps. I swear at some point in the future the consumer version of Windows will be little more than the Edge browser in a wig.

      • IamAnonymous@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        Companies now prefer cloud storage because they will still have the data if they fire you as your access will be lost immediately. You could delete all local files and it will take lot of time and effort to recover them.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        I swear at some point in the future the consumer version of Windows will be little more than the Edge browser in a wig.

        Does that mean the install size might wind up being less than 23.2 gigs?

    • msage@programming.devEnglish
      131·
      3 months ago

      I just wish the whole ‘cloud’ thing would die in a ditch specifically for people like that.

      No, most use-cases don’t need to be in a cloud.

      You are 99.9% paying more for that setup than having people who understand servers.

      And if you need the cloud, then hooray for you, but it should not need to be subsidized by thousands of small customers who jumped on the wrong train.