<story><title>Don&apos;t forget Microsoft</title><url>https://luttig.substack.com/p/dont-forget-microsoft</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>logshipper</author><text>This is a good and thorough article. The author got down to brass tacks pretty quickly and brings up interesting hypothesis about $MSFT.&lt;p&gt;That said, I do have one gripe:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; To oversimplify Notion to its demographics, it is Office 365 for people below age 35.&lt;p&gt;I recognize this is an oversimplification, but even so, it seems like a stretch. Notion is a decent product, and I have used it for a few small-scale team projects in uni (mainly for Kanban-related stuff) - but to call it a replacement for O365 is an exaggeration at best.&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can have pretty, nested documents in Notion and that&amp;#x27;s great, but a tabular database in Notion is by no means a replacement for Excel or even Google Sheets. The velocity that is afforded by Excel in terms of formulas is unmatched and there&amp;#x27;s a reason it has yet to be unseated as the kingpin of modern finance.&lt;p&gt;Most young people I know use a combination of Discord + Google Suite to collaborate. I am aware this is slightly anecdotal, but I am also having a hard time imagining myself as a founder and then asking my CFO to use Notion to prepare investor pitches.&lt;p&gt;Source: Am 23 :)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tester756</author><text>&amp;gt; Discord + Google Suite&lt;p&gt;I use shitton of MS products, but I cannot switch from Google&amp;#x27;s gmail, docs and drive to anything.&lt;p&gt;I hate MS login page and endless redirects between their services&lt;p&gt;I cannot explain what puts me off, but Google&amp;#x27;s (gmail) login page and way better switching between apps feels way better.&lt;p&gt;Also I have feeling that MS account is more &amp;quot;formal&amp;quot;, idk how to explain it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Don&apos;t forget Microsoft</title><url>https://luttig.substack.com/p/dont-forget-microsoft</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>logshipper</author><text>This is a good and thorough article. The author got down to brass tacks pretty quickly and brings up interesting hypothesis about $MSFT.&lt;p&gt;That said, I do have one gripe:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; To oversimplify Notion to its demographics, it is Office 365 for people below age 35.&lt;p&gt;I recognize this is an oversimplification, but even so, it seems like a stretch. Notion is a decent product, and I have used it for a few small-scale team projects in uni (mainly for Kanban-related stuff) - but to call it a replacement for O365 is an exaggeration at best.&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can have pretty, nested documents in Notion and that&amp;#x27;s great, but a tabular database in Notion is by no means a replacement for Excel or even Google Sheets. The velocity that is afforded by Excel in terms of formulas is unmatched and there&amp;#x27;s a reason it has yet to be unseated as the kingpin of modern finance.&lt;p&gt;Most young people I know use a combination of Discord + Google Suite to collaborate. I am aware this is slightly anecdotal, but I am also having a hard time imagining myself as a founder and then asking my CFO to use Notion to prepare investor pitches.&lt;p&gt;Source: Am 23 :)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>notjustanymike</author><text>Lotta people make this mistake. They think Notion, or Google Sheets, or Slides is the only tool they need. In truth they need all three, depending on the task at hand.&lt;p&gt;Lots of product managers seem only capable of thinking in slides when Notion would be better for documentation. I&amp;#x27;ve received 500 pages of content for review written into CSV file for some insane reason. And yes, I&amp;#x27;ve seen people struggle to run mathematical models in Notion when Excel is right there.&lt;p&gt;I try and remind people not to use a hammer when you need a screwdriver, but sometimes that&amp;#x27;s all they know.</text></comment>