Comments on: Excel Was NOT ‘Originally Designed as a Personal Productivity Tool’ http://exceluser.com/blog/246/excel-was-not-originally-designed-as-a-personal-productivity-tool.html Insight for business users of Microsoft Excel Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:30:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Charley Kyd http://exceluser.com/blog/246/excel-was-not-originally-designed-as-a-personal-productivity-tool.html/comment-page-1#comment-19 Charley Kyd Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:48:52 +0000 http://exceluser.com/blog/?p=246#comment-19 You're right, Jon. My father used to say, "Ya gotta dance with the guy that brung ya." But Microsoft apparently hasn't heard that expression. Business customers made Excel a success. But there's a lot about Excel's direction that Excel users in business don't like. You’re right, Jon.

My father used to say, “Ya gotta dance with the guy that brung ya.” But Microsoft apparently hasn’t heard that expression.

Business customers made Excel a success. But there’s a lot about Excel’s direction that Excel users in business don’t like.

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://exceluser.com/blog/246/excel-was-not-originally-designed-as-a-personal-productivity-tool.html/comment-page-1#comment-18 Jon Peltier Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:44:43 +0000 http://exceluser.com/blog/?p=246#comment-18 "And a significant part of their [original] strategy was to delight the business market." How far they've strayed... “And a significant part of their [original] strategy was to delight the business market.”

How far they’ve strayed…

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