Posted by Rod Speed on December 29, 2006, 5:22 pm
>>> I usually use xspread[1] when I want a spreadsheet,
>>> I presume you are thinking of things like OpenOffice.org
>> Nope. The vast bulk of the free spreadsheets
>> are happy to load excel spreadsheets.
> Hmmm gnumeric doesn't seem to claim it (and being gnome based
> it is more than just a tad bloated), abs claims to support export to
> Excel but says nothing about import, siag makes no such claims.
The technical term for that is 'pathetically inadequate sample'
> Er which ones were you thinking of (please restrict to open source
> not free binary because I don't run Windows on my own kit).
I never said a word about open source.
>>> as well as being several orders of magnitude larger than I like.
>> Your problem.
> Not a problem - I don't use it.
What you like is clearly your problem.
>>> [1] Yes I don't tend to want a sophisticated spreadsheet :)
>> More fool you, particularly when loading someone else's spreadsheet.
> I don't load other peoples spreadsheets on my boxes
You have always been, and always will be, completely and utterly irrelevant.
> - now for work I have a work issued laptop running XP with a full Office
> suite on it. I use it as little as possible and not for my personal stuff.
You have always been, and always will be, completely and utterly irrelevant.
Posted by Rod Speed on December 29, 2006, 5:24 pm
> Post a spreadsheet here Rod.
You post a link to the spreadsheet, fuckwit.
> Until you do, please shove the spreadsheet idea.
Go and fuck yourself.
>>
>>>>>> Corse he should be using a spreadsheet, not a progamming
>>>>>> language.
>>
>>>>> Nah a programming language is portable - spreadsheet code is not.
>>
>>>> Excel is as portable as you need, the free spreadsheets support it
>>>> fine.
>>
>>> I usually use xspread[1] when I want a spreadsheet,
>>> I presume you are thinking of things like OpenOffice.org
>>
>> Nope. The vast bulk of the free spreadsheets are happy to load excel
>> spreadsheets.
>>
>>> which I find almost as unpleasant to use as MS Office products,
>>
>> It aint the only free one around that is happy to import excel
>> spreadsheets.
>>
>>> as well as being several orders of magnitude larger than I like.
>>
>> Your problem.
>>
>>> [1] Yes I don't tend to want a sophisticated spreadsheet :)
>>
>> More fool you, particularly when loading someone else's spreadsheet.
Posted by Rod Speed on December 29, 2006, 5:25 pm
> Links are not required.
They are with spreadsheets.
> Post a real spreadsheet.
You post a link to the spreadsheet, fuckwit.
> Make one up and post it here.
> Until you post a spreadsheet, shove the idea.
Go and fuck yourself.
>>
>>> Post one.
>>
>>> In the last round about spreadsheets you avoided the issue by
>>> posting apparent confusion.
>>
>> Wrong, as always.
>>
>>> Demonstrate how spreadsheet code can be ported to somebody else.
>>> Post one here.
>>
>> You post a link to the spreadsheet, stupid.
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>> Corse he should be using a spreadsheet, not a progamming
>>>>>> language.
>>
>>>>> Nah a programming language is portable - spreadsheet code is not.
>>
>>>> Excel is as portable as you need, the free spreadsheets support it
>>>> fine.
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>>> I presume you are thinking of things like OpenOffice.org
>> Nope. The vast bulk of the free spreadsheets
>> are happy to load excel spreadsheets.
> Hmmm gnumeric doesn't seem to claim it (and being gnome based
> it is more than just a tad bloated), abs claims to support export to
> Excel but says nothing about import, siag makes no such claims.