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This shows a profound ignorance for how much of modern life, especially within a bureaucracy, is powered by banal software like office suites.

If you can cripple the everyday workings of government, even temporarily, by shutting off access to Microsoft word, then that is a serious security concern. End of story.

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I get it, for a forum of people who build software for a living, it's upsetting to confront the idea that the stuff you make doesn't actually matter that much, especially in a post-AI world. Hell, even pre-AI you can just install LibreOffice and it will functionally be the same.

But honestly, if we're comparing ENERGY and FERTILIZER to productivity software, it's no contest as to which is more important for the functioning of modern life.

You cannot vibe code your way out of an energy shortage or switch to 'open-source' fertilizer as soon as tomorrow.

You cannot vibe code your way out of 30+ years of institutional knowledge and processes built on Microsoft Office either.

Given how fragile unreliable those processes are, you probably can without doing much damage. Its not like replacing good quality software with something vibe coded.

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