> I don't want my spreadsheets crapping out on me at a few thousand rows. Agreed. Besides the sheer lack of functionality of the web spreadsheets, the clipboar

> I don't want my spreadsheets crapping out on me at a few thousand rows. Agreed. Besides the sheer lack of functionality of the web spreadsheets, the clipboard is a continual annoyance for me... 35 years of correctly working clipboard technology, and the more modern web based spreadsheets don't even get that right. > this trend towards moving everything to web tech ... Agreed... maybe Web technologies will eventually mature to the point where they're a competitive desktop application platform... but it's been 20 years so I'm not holding my breath.