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It would be way less effort to have the same exact program under a completely new name. MS Excel MS (names are harder than I thought / remembered) Matrix In
by mjevans 6y ago
It would be way less effort to have the same exact program under a completely new name.
MS Excel
MS (names are harder than I thought / remembered) Matrix
In the back-end they'd use the same sanity and share 99% of the code, but Excel would add in the cruft / warts compatibility quirks.
- roenxi 6y agoAnd they could do even better technically and have "MS Excel" be implemented on top of MS Matrix using an extension framework. That'd really firewall the cruft and encourage the core program to be flexible.
- p1necone 6y agoLess effort and they can charge twice for the same product, genius!
- HeavyStorm 6y agoOnly everybody knows what excel is, and no one knows Matrix. And unfortunately my guess is that most Excel users don't surf HN or other geek sites.