Dosboy's Bits and Bytes

I've been giving some thought to Word lately.  And the other MS Office products.  In my upcoming transition to Mac, I've been trying to figure out what I'm going to use to replace my core apps.  Word immediately came to mind as an app that was of concern, as, from all reports, the Mac version of Office just isn't up to speed with the Windows version.  But then I got thinking... what is Word really?  I mean, any documents I write I want to publish on the web.  And Word's HTML conversion/Save As... well, to put it bluntly, sucks balls.  So, from my perspective, Word is a glorified HTML editor.  And it doesn't even do that very well.  Which means that I'm not going to miss it (other than possible conversion problems from .doc to .html, which may require a Windows VM for proper formatting).  In other words, Word - I won't miss you.  I might miss Excel, though I've yet to really put Google Spreadsheets through its paces, and since I'm not a real power user, it might suffice.  Otherwise I'm sure I can find an adequate replacement.

Damn it feels good to free myself (theoretically) from the Microsoft regime.  Oh, and I'm going to use GIMP on Mac as well, so no Adobe cartel to deal with either.  Open source kicks ass.  Hopefully my new MacBook will allow me to appreciate the nuances of Unix so that a Linux conversion can also take place in my currently permeable mind.  But all in due time.