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4 Sep 2024 15:19:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The Babbage Flaw  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 13 May 2010 22:03:51
Message: <4becaf87$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Interestingly enough, Microsoft beat 1-2-3 by noticing that *most*
>> people didn't use the spreadsheet for calculations. They used it as a
>> list editor. MS added a whole bunch of list-manipulation operations,
>> while 1-2-3 added a whole bunch of sophisticated math stuff, and Excel
>> won.
> 
> It still irritates me how many people utter the works "Excel database".
> 
> People, IT'S NOT A DATABASE! >_< If you need a database, for the love of
> God, USE A DATABASE! GRR!!
> 
> Sorry, rant over...

I once searched in Google for "excel database", trying to find a funny rant 
I had read about the stupid term. Instead, I found tons of tutorials on how 
to make excel databases. AUGH ><


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