Re: WHY

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From: Harald Staff (innocent_at_enron.invalid)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:12:43 +0100

Hi Aaron

Excel is a spread*** application. Access is a database application. People
can use both applications in inefficient ways, which is neither the
applications' nor the application makers' fault. I wonder why you are given
the task of cleaning up "Excel messes", you don't sound like a qualified
Excel user -no harm intended.

Best wishes Harald

<aaron_kempf@hotmail.com> skrev i melding
news:udKj3xU4EHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
>

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