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'I think it's only when you make a complete rewrite from the bottom up in another paradigm that you can extend the power while retaining the usefulness.' True,
by viandante 15y ago
'I think it's only when you make a complete rewrite from the bottom up in another paradigm that you can extend the power while retaining the usefulness.'
True, but again, look at the users. People with very poor IT knowledge and very scared of change. Any new solution pointing at this market will have to:1) be as easy to use as excel; 2) much better than excel (why change otherwise?).
I think that being better than excel overall is impossible, but looking into specific businesses and uses it should be.
- david927 15y agoI think that being better than excel overall is impossible We disagree.
- viandante 15y agoDavid, if you have something better than excel in mind, I'll be glad to hear that. Personally, I have been giving it a lot of thought and I can't come up with a complete better solution. But other (Palo, Hyperion) seems to make money on solutions that do not change the excel paradigma.
- david927 15y agoI would be happy to show you what I'm working on. Send me an email: david927 at gmail.