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I came to the web page and looked around a bit. I was asking myself what problem does this solve that Excel or Google Spreadsheet doesn't solve? If I was just s

by jonpaul 16y ago

I came to the web page and looked around a bit. I was asking myself what problem does this solve that Excel or Google Spreadsheet doesn't solve? If I was just someone casually browsing I think I would have left your page then. I then watched the video. The typing overlay is annoying. I'm still not clear what problem it solves that those other solutions don't... I mean, I get what you're trying to convey by your initial message in the video, but still. So it's a wiki spreadsheet? Is that the value proposition? If so, you need to communicate that better. I also don't like the landing page. It looks a bit unprofessional.

slantyyz 16y ago
I'll answer the part about Excel. A lot of company finance depts shuffle Excel files back and forth via e-mail and shares, and merging out-of-sync data becomes an issue. You would be surprised how many finance departments of large companies still do this in a Mickey Mouse fashion. There are enterprise products that address this, like Cognos Planning, Hyperion (not sure of the specific product name), Cognos TM1, Jedox Palo. But they are expensive (5 figures and up) for licensing and expensive for customization (>150/h consultants). Not so expensive that you wouldn't get ROI from the wasted person-hours, but the sticker shock is there, and in the case of the Cognos products, the usability leaves a lot to be desired. I'm not sure that Hypernumbers can match the functionality of the enterprise products I mention above (today at least), but for the modest to light use cases, it seems to be satisfactory.
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- gtani 16y ago
  There's another product that I've been meaning to look at, RsolverOne, mostly cause i learned a lot from the guy's python blog: http://resolversystems.com/ http://resolversystems.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2009_11_21.shtml http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2009_11_21...
gordonguthrie 16y ago
The landing page is built inside a spreadsheet - which is a bit painful, but... yum, taste the lovely dogfood!

by jonpaul 16y ago

slantyyz 16y ago

I'll answer the part about Excel. A lot of company finance depts shuffle Excel files back and forth via e-mail and shares, and merging out-of-sync data becomes an issue. You would be surprised how many finance departments of large companies still do this in a Mickey Mouse fashion. There are enterprise products that address this, like Cognos Planning, Hyperion (not sure of the specific product name), Cognos TM1, Jedox Palo. But they are expensive (5 figures and up) for licensing and expensive for customization (>150/h consultants). Not so expensive that you wouldn't get ROI from the wasted person-hours, but the sticker shock is there, and in the case of the Cognos products, the usability leaves a lot to be desired. I'm not sure that Hypernumbers can match the functionality of the enterprise products I mention above (today at least), but for the modest to light use cases, it seems to be satisfactory.

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gtani 16y ago
There's another product that I've been meaning to look at, RsolverOne, mostly cause i learned a lot from the guy's python blog: http://resolversystems.com/ http://resolversystems.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2009_11_21.shtml http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2009_11_21...

gordonguthrie 16y ago

The landing page is built inside a spreadsheet - which is a bit painful, but... yum, taste the lovely dogfood!