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Excel has an incredibly strong pull because it's been integrated onto a lot of learning material now, and because it barely changes any old features. When I joi
by fakedang 6y ago
Excel has an incredibly strong pull because it's been integrated onto a lot of learning material now, and because it barely changes any old features. When I joined in PE a few years back, one of the study materials provided to us dated back to 2000. The videos shown used shortcuts, features and formula that are still used today. Even now, finance guys remember those keyboard shortcuts from those old videos like they are mantras or nursery rhymes - especially when knowing those shortcuts or features let's you go home by 10 instead of 2 (this was a line in the training video actually lol).
- dijit 6y agoI'm not sure if this is relevant if the discussion is: "what is excel better at than anything else" Neither emacs or Vi have broken backwards compatibility for much more than just 20 years.
- fakedang 6y agoMy point was to reason why Excel has a strong pull compared to Emacs. They locked in customers early on, then coupled with backwards compatibility, ensured that everyone kept using it. Which is why GSheets barely made a dent on Excel, even though it had much needed collaboration early on.