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Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This guys reply to me was literally "git isn't too technical, mathematicians use this extremely complicated program for generating highly technical documents all the time so obviously grandma could too!"

I agree 100% with you, I tried to use LaTeX ONE time in college and nearly chucked my computer out the window, and I'm a software developer. I was using it for a math class and couldn't get my head around any of it.

It certainly isn't a good replacement for MSWord or PowerPoint for the VAST majority of people who don't need to put mathematical notation into their presentations and just need words on a screen