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> The problem is that much of our "modern" software includes features that
> no sane user wants to use.

Uh, that's really patronizing. Featuritis does exist, but it's a too common 
fallacy to think that because one doesn't need certain features the're 
completely useless, like in those funny Slashdot discussions where legions 
of clueless nerds remind everyone that because *** they *** are happy using 
The Gimp to make lolcats everyone using Photoshop is an idiot.

>I'll admit that if I were to try to do a crosstab with Lotus 1-2-3, I'd not 
>have been able to do it (because the
>feature wasn't there AFAICR), and that is something I use today that
>isn't in the older software.

1-2-3 would be completely useless by modern standards, and not just because 
of crosstab. Really useless, like a brick. And I loved it for years, until I 
switched. You'll pry my bloated Excel from my dead cold hands ;)

G.


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