mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?message-squaremessage-square657fedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down119
arrow-up1429arrow-down1message-squareWhich proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?mayflower@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square657fedilink
minus-squareThe_Walkening [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoLibre office’s filtering is far better though- being able to apply actual regex instead of Excel’s weird proprietary pattern matching is just so much better that I opt for it most of the time.
minus-squareCafecitoHippo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m not usually doing any filtering of information. I’m doing calculation based analysis on tax returns for commercial loan underwriting.
minus-squareThe_Walkening [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAh gotcha - well it always comes down to use case, imo.
Libre office’s filtering is far better though- being able to apply actual regex instead of Excel’s weird proprietary pattern matching is just so much better that I opt for it most of the time.
I’m not usually doing any filtering of information. I’m doing calculation based analysis on tax returns for commercial loan underwriting.
Ah gotcha - well it always comes down to use case, imo.