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Re:Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs by flarg on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @08:37AM (#15756646)
Was minorly obsessed with this a couple of years ago. Is very interesting but ultimately lacks a lot that could make it useful
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Re:Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs by rakoo on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @08:48AM (#15756716)
Out of curiosity, what's missing from it ? I've been meaning to use it but still haven't found actual uses, I'd love to see what others do with it.
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Re:Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs by flarg on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @01:30PM (#15759167)
Mathematical functions, easy formatting, and more anything a purpose. Basically it does thinga you don't want a spreadsheet to do. It's more akin to a mind mapper and there are easier to use tools for that.
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Re:Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs by walterbell on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @10:11AM (#15757301)
It’s a good foundation for future open-source development, uses wxWidgets toolkit for cross-platform desktops. Author has graphics background, now busy at BigCo.
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