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Posted by Rod Speed on December 29, 2006, 5:22 pm
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>>> 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.
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