Re:Look for the duct tape
by macintux on Saturday March 24, 2018 @12:47PM
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For the several people reacting negatively to this: the advice isn’t “replace every spreadsheet you find” which would indeed be silly, but “look for spreadsheets as a possible smell that there’s a gap that could be filled”.
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Re:Look for the duct tape
by crispyambulance on Saturday March 24, 2018 @08:41PM
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Yeah, and to that I would add another nuance. Even if one does find spreadsheets that "ripe" for a more robust tool-- that still isn't enough.
One also has to consider the cost of engaging the IT department or others who can do and/or manage development within the organization. That's NOT cheap. Many businesses can barely manage to handle their own shit, let alone successfully do even a small unplanned project to port an excel app running in somebody's cube to something more robust.