Re: The problem with not owning the software

On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:01:13 -0500, -hh wrote:

On 12/29/24 11:52 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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How much data was involved, really? I suspect a more sensible app would
deal with the same data much more efficiently and easily.

 
There was a pretty modest chunk of data ... maybe just 1000 unique data
points?
 
What made it large & computationally intensive was that the dataset was
routed iteratively through a ~dozen different "Monte Carlo" statistical
exercises and filters to identify & glean signal from noise.

I’m sure something could be whipped up in Python with NumPy/Pandas/
Matplotlib etc that would go through the same operations much more quickly
and efficiently.

Microsoft is even offering access to these Python toolkits to Excel users
now -- at a cost. You know -- charging for something that the users could
bypass Microsoft and access for free, only they’re too dumb to realize it.