WHY

aaron_kempf_at_hotmail.com
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:46:39 -0800

why is it that people like Excel so much?

I hate it with a passion-- it's like-- my job for the past 4 ot 6 years..
has to been to run around and fix 'excel messes'... automate such and such
excel report

it's like-- if you guys would just stop using excel-- treat it as a drug--
and start doing stuff in Access-- this world would be a much more efficient
world.

it's like-- people _never_ have clean data in Excel... there is no
validation.. people use it for data entry; and keeping track of stuff--

and it just boggles my mind that people use this POS program for reporting.
I mean-- it isn't a reporting tool. It isn't in the same league as Access
and Crystal Reports.

It's like Access can automate what Excel people do; and then you won't get
stuck writing the same report every week.

Why don't more poeple hate Excel like I do?

I just am frustrated.. because I've seen enough Excel in my life that it
makes me sick.. It really is a drug, or a disease..
And when I grow up; and I'm in charge of an IT department.. the first thing
that I'm going to do is to Uninstall Excel from _EVERYONE's_ machine and
start with the basics.

It's all about reusability-- and I dont see excel having any.

And I just want to know why is it that poeple think that using Excel for
reporting is an acceptable route?
It's like a travesty-- 50% of all people in the modern workplace-- all they
do is make the same report in Excel; week in and week out.
and I don't understand why Microsoft doesn't try to really help these people
to use their time more efficiently. It's not about needing sharepoint-- i
dont need sharepoint to help me to track my spreadsheets-- that makes the
problem worse.

Aaron