I always wondered what prevents them to use regular .txt files for managing genomic data. Surely there are better tools out there, some even open source, to man

I always wondered what prevents them to use regular .txt files for managing genomic data. Surely there are better tools out there, some even open source, to manage such data. What makes people stick with Excel? They went as far as https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_151346 https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_151346 this, for the sole reason to stick with a software not designed for this kind of use. I'm puzzled as to why people keep using it over the alternatives