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I am surprised they haven't evaluated the office apps that are associated with the suits. As a long time Google Docs user, I was stunned by how superior the online version of Excel is to Google's offering.

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They're not migrating the other apps. From the FAQ [1] - Q: Is Microsoft Office being replaced by Google Docs? A: No, Microsoft Office will continue to be a desktop standard at the University. ...

Nice Freudian slip, btw.

[1] https://kb.berkeley.edu/jivekb/entry.jspa?externalID=2980...

It's really unfortunate that they insist on using Microsoft office. Happily the rational departments--the ones I usually deal with :)--don't expect office docs, but I wouldn't put it past my future literature (or whatever) professors to expect them. And that would suck.

For one, as I mentioned elsewhere, they have a site-wide license for actual Microsoft Office products (unfortunately). Here they were probably primarily looking to replace Calmail which is not brilliant.

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