Re: why>?

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and for the record?

I would rather hire your 9 year old RETARDED SON than ANYBODY that uses
Excel for ANYTHING.

-Aaron


Harlan Grove wrote:
aaron.kempf@xxxxxxxxx wrote...
I don't need to show details.

I'm right.. . . .

And you've proven to yourself in your own demented little mind that
you're right. You'll go on believing you know something, and the rest
of use who've NEVER seen anything workable from you will go on
believing you're just an ignorant kid working out his hostility online
because your lack of technical skills is exceeded by your lack of
social skills.

My 9-year-old claims to know a lot too. We adults tend to discount
juvenile claims and pretentions. Claimed proficiency without
substantiation is childish. That's why more than a few people have
speculated about your immaturity.

a) doesn't have decent validation

Granted. This is one of its weakest points. However, not every
application requires validation, and validation can be added with code.

b) doesn't scream re-use

Formula and macro libraries aren't that difficult to create and
maintain, but they're more likely to be used by developers (as I'd
define developers) than infrequent Excel users or those Excel users who
use 'turnkey' spread*** models.

c) doesn't allow for multi-users

Granted with respect to simultaneous multiple-user entry in the same
file. However, that class of applications isn't what spreadsheets were
designed to do. I wouldn't try to use Word or PowerPoint for that sort
of thing either.

d) doesn't have simple reporting capability

It has the simplest reporting capability possible: literal WYSIWYG.
It's automatic facilities for more complicated reporting procedures
such as section breaks in which it's weak.

e) doesn't allow parameters -- like databases do.
...

It does, but it requires either programming to accept commandline
parameters or defined name or cell entries. Spreadsheets were NEVER
intended to be batch processing tools. They were ALWAYS intended for
interactive use. They can be (mis)used for batch processing, but it
shouldn't come as a surprise that they're cumbersome at it.

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