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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

Excel dominates the world of number crunching. Want to change that? You can't.

Imagine proposing an alternative for your organization that has been using Excel for two decades. Will every single sheet and workbook translate perfectly? If not, not good enough for dealing with numbers. This is why MS never fucks around with Excel. The risk/reward calculation (heh) is not a fit for open source spreadsheets.

[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not just within your organisation, but imagine trying to share something other than Excel outside of it!

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

CSVs are a common format to share data

[–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, but data only.

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