So, what's your alternative? Spreadsheets have many advantages, they are easy to edit, copy around, and quickly filter and do simple calculations (like find ho

So, what's your alternative? Spreadsheets have many advantages, they are easy to edit, copy around, and quickly filter and do simple calculations (like find how many students are in a class if size smaller than 10, for example). I can't think of a sensible alternative given current tools -- we should make better tools of course.