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maybe excel is just not the tool for the job?
by garyfirestorm 3y ago
maybe excel is just not the tool for the job?
- bunderbunder 3y agoIt's easy for techies to say that because we are more likely than most to have the programming skills necessary to use the bulk of the alternatives.
- irrational 3y agoDo you have a better spreadsheet to recommend?
- jiaaro 3y agoI think the suggestion is that a spreadsheet is the not the right tool for the job. There is very likely value in dedicated genetics-specific software, even in the form of an excel add-on. [edit] Here's one, and it's free: https://biology-assets.anu.edu.au/GenAlEx/Welcome.html https://biology-assets.anu.edu.au/GenAlEx/Welcome.html - so maybe this change from microsoft was necessary
- garyfirestorm 3y agomaybe some statistical analysis software is more useful - for e.g. minitab
- eli 3y agoThat's obviously the case, but what would you have Microsoft do about it?
- martinsnow 3y agoMaybe a lot of HN users aren't in the same demographics as the people who use Excel in their day to day jobs. I know, surprising revelation.
- sandworm101 3y agoIt isn't. But in many/most circumstances one is not allowed to just run whatever software they want on a work machine. Those days are long gone. Start running your own software in a secure/regulated environment and you will be detected and locked out. So while Excel isn't ever the best tool, for many of us it is the only tool available.