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From: bchs1b@jetson.uh.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Spreadsheet wars. (asking about your favorites)
Message-ID: <6877.26e5885b@jetson.uh.edu>
Date: 6 Sep 90 04:20:58 GMT
Organization: University of Houston
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It's time to start the spreadsheet wars. I need to get a spreadsheet package
to use on a PC clone, I want versatility, good display of graphics, and
ease of use. It will be used infrequently and for very diverse purposes by
a number of different people in my lab. Cost no object because I can get
academic discount on almost all the packages.Could people, with experience
using a few different packages, comment on their preferred one. Most important
is ease of use to someone who won't use it often.
Things I am thinking of:
Quattro Pro
Excell
Planperfect (we use wordperfect)
Lotus (in one of its incarnations)
Supercalc
pencil and paper and a cheap $4 calculator

mike benedik
university of houston
benedik@uh.edu