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Why do people keep using Excel to build giant, error-prone spreadsheets? Excel is a programming language. It lets users marshal their computers to crunch data. And it does this with a versatility that's unmatched by pre-designed programs: a spreadsheet can handle everything from planning the week's groceries to managing a billion dollars in assets. Excel is also the easiest programming language to learn.... This ease-of-use is a double-edged sword. It lets users build more and more complex models, making it natural for small projects to grow into gigantic, mission-critical spreadsheets. Break out of the cell.
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Excel, or something like it is here for a long time. Ask most users, and they want excel, or some spreadsheet. Many applications provide support to export to excel for this very reason.
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The real problem is too many applications provide grids that aren't Excel.
Sql Server Mangler Studio I'm looking at you. I can get a grid with every record in a table without knowing any SQL; why can't I then sort/filter it arbitrarily with equal ease. Instead I have to do select all and paste into Excel to quickly fiddle with the data.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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