Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel

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Sujet : Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel
De : OFeem1987 (at) *nospam* teleworm.us (Chris Ahlstrom)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date : 29. Oct 2024, 19:31:13
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:24:23 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
There was almost no difference between using Excel vs Calc even back
then. But why anyone would use a spreadsheet for a job better suited to
a database is still a mystery to me.
>
My experience with Excel users is 'if you have a hammer everything looks
like a nail'. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a spreadsheet used as
intended.

Check out ControlCalc. Our company hired a guy to build an air-traffic
lighting system. He build the control hardware himself, and he used ControlCalc
to drive it (and show graphics of various airfields).

Each page/sheet in the spreadsheet was a single thread of execution.
Loads of fun to figure out if you were new to that project.

We (not me personally) rewrote it using C++ and Qt eventually.

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Date Sujet#  Auteur
29 Oct 24 * Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel10RonB
29 Oct 24 +* Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel6rbowman
29 Oct 24 i+* Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel3Chris Ahlstrom
29 Oct 24 ii+- Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel1rbowman
31 Oct 24 ii`- Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel1candycanearter07
30 Oct 24 i+- Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel1RonB
4 Nov 24 i`- Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel1Physfitfreak
29 Oct 24 +- Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel1-hh
29 Oct 24 `* Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel2Lawrence D'Oliveiro
30 Oct 24  `- Re: The enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel1RonB

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