[ale] [EXTERNAL] Re: In case you missed it

[Jim Kinney]

I used sc on a slackware install.

On October 9, 2020 10:51:08 PM EDT, James Taylor via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>However, now that I think of it, SuperCalc. 
> 
>>>> James Taylor via Ale <ale at ale.org> 10/9/2020 10:49 PM >>> 
>dBase II on an Osborne.
>Not a spreadsheet, but close enough for then.
> 
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>>>> Scott Plante via Ale <ale at ale.org> 10/9/2020 2:19 PM >>> 
>I had Visicalc on my TRS-80 Model 4! :-P
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>On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 11:51 AM JEFFREY LIGHTNER via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>wrote:
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>> I got my start doing spreadsheets in Lotus 123 Version 1.A when I was
>in
>> Accounting.   One can do fairly sophisticated modeling and
>programming
>> within spreadsheets but even I knew when to move to a database tool.
>>
>> Paradox anyone?  :D
>>
>> Back in the 80s if one submitted a hand written form with
>calculations on
>> it, any errors were immediately pointed out by at least one
>recipient..
>> However as things moved to spreadsheets printed out people would
>assume
>> they were completely correct because "computers don't make mistakes"
>and
>> not notice very obvious issues caused by bad formulas or just bad
>input.
>> GIGO is real.
>>
>>
>> On 10/07/2020 7:06 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> BWAHAHAHA!!!
>>
>> crash....
>>
>> On October 7, 2020 3:17:31 PM EDT, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>wrote:
>>
>> But, but, but I can connect to the 5TB production Informix DB
>> with Excel using an ODBC driver.  That's completely awesome!
>>
>> What?  You mean when I do that, production transaction rates drop
>> 80%? No way! I don't believe you.
>>
>> /s
>>
>>
>> On 10/7/20 2:33 PM, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:
>>
>> I've been fighting the "a spreadsheet is not a database, and Access
>> is not much better" war for about 25 years.
>>
>>
>> From: Ale
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>> <ale-bounces at ale.org> on behalf of Pete Hardie via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 1:26 PM To: Jim Kinney; Atlanta
>> Linux Enthusiasts Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ale] In case you missed
>> it
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>> Once again, I repeat my frequent assertion that a spreadsheet is not
>> a database, and your admin assistant probably does not have a
>> CS/Programming degree
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 2:19 PM Jim Kinney via Ale
>> <ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote: Excel blew up in the faces
>> of UK healthcare.
>>
>>
>>
>https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/05/excel_england_coronavirus_contact_error/
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