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My point is it's a niche product. It's something only a few people actually need and use and something that has plenty of 'more powerful' alternatives. It's no
by herbst 5y ago
My point is it's a niche product. It's something only a few people actually need and use and something that has plenty of 'more powerful' alternatives.
It's not something most people would choose their operating system for.
- ubermonkey 5y agoI'm not sure I consider interoperable spreadsheets a "niche" product at all. It's a key consideration for huge chunks of the Fortune 500, for example. Just because the average HN poster doesn't interact with these people from their tech silo doesn't mean they don't exist. And yeah, there's a real history in computing of spreadsheets literally driving platform adoption.