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		sirtaj on Sept 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so compl... What needs are those? Which ones can't be served by the tools I mentioned?

blahi on Sept 11, 2016 [–]

Planning. Oftentimes all you need is to calculate some columns and play with numbers and see how the calculations change. The same things that make Excel bad for robust statistical modeling, make it good for all sorts of planning activities.

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