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Re:Excel warriors who save governments and companies from sp... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Saturday October 17, 2020 @06:50AM (#24809073)
"The right solution to their problem" being a developer, at least as far as developers are concerned. Hammers and nails...
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Re:Excel warriors who save governments and companies from sp... by Moru on Saturday October 17, 2020 @10:58AM (#24810433)
Sometimes that database feels more like a jetplane when all I need is a hammer for my nail. Excel (or libreoffice calc) is perfect for a lot of stuff, especially those small things that you won't ever do again.
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Re:Excel warriors who save governments and companies from sp... by bpiche on Saturday October 17, 2020 @05:42PM (#24813631)
Excel is a UI over a database table. With a bunch of other UI driven math/stats functions built in. It really comes down to a difference between UI driven folks and folks that are code literate.
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Re:Excel warriors who save governments and companies from sp... by OzCrimson on Saturday October 17, 2020 @03:13PM (#24812380)
100%
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