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Blaming Excel for this or any of the other examples given in the article are like blaming the screwdriver when you strip a screw.
by tssva 6y ago
Blaming Excel for this or any of the other examples given in the article are like blaming the screwdriver when you strip a screw.
- mcv 6y agoIt's like blaming the screwdriver when you should have been using a hammer. Who uses Excel to manage vital data like this? (Don't answer; I already know: far too many people.)
- tssva 6y agoHammers and screwdrivers are generally used for completely different purposes. When loosening a screw a screwdriver is the correct tool. You need to know which screwdriver to use and how to use it appropriately. A hammer is generally for compeltely different purposes. Excel is more similar to the screwdriver. It can be a fine tool for managing data. You just need to know when to select it as the proper tool to do so and then how to use it properly to do so.
- mcv 6y agoHammers and screwdrivers are both used to fasten things but they're used in different circumstances. Just like databases and Excel can both store data, but they probably should have used a database here.
- mjw1007 6y agoI wouldn't blame Excel for having a row limit that's too low for this sort of data. But if, as the article suggests, loading a CSV file with too many into Excel leads to it silently dropping data, I absolutely would blame it.
- taxcoder 6y agoMore like blaming a hammer for stripping a screw. I like Excel, but they should have moved this to Access if they wanted to stay with MS Office.
- tuatoru 6y agoThanks for the laugh!