Creating Excel files on Linux

[Cliff Wells]

On Friday 07 September 2001 10:30, you wrote:

> This is fine.  But in my experience, the average user can create a Macro
> and be trained to create useful forms in Excel in a much shorter time than
> it will take to get a Computer Science degree in order to be able to step
> through a JAVA function.

No, the _above_ average user can do this.  The average user doesn't know that 
Excel isn't Windows.

> The issue here Michael, in my opinion, is that many attack Microsoft on the
> premise of the MYTH of an open platform that is being called on by many
> sides including companies that would not give a dime about this concept if
> they have the same market share as Microsoft.
> Maan

Yes, when IBM gets as big as Microsoft, they'll want their billion dollars 
back.

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Cliff Wells
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