Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!noao!arizona!arizona.edu!penny.telcom.arizona.edu!erik From: erik@zeus.opt-sci.arizona.edu (Erik Schumacher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Spreadsheets Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 91 23:25:31 GMT References: <2473@fornax.UUCP> <1991Apr13.115926.4528@neon.Stanford.EDU> <8242@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Organization: University of Arizona Optical Sciences Center Lines: 15 In-reply-to: sksircar@shade.Princeton.EDU's message of 13 Apr 91 18:19:38 GMT OK - somebody who really did some work with IMPROV has to defend that gem - stone among spreadsheets. I used it extensively for my case studies in marketing, and to tell you the truth: not only am I still getting more and more enthusiastic about it (I can only compare it with Excel and 1-2-3 - and it shines!), but it also took the breath of the people I recently gave a presentation to with grafics from IMPROV. There is simply no comparison to that program, when one has to analyse complex and multidimensional business data. I agree that as a scientific user I also have a small wishlist, but to get nice plots there is dissplay, gnuplot etc.! But for my business applica- tions - which is what IMPROV is primarily made for, I am sorry - IMPROV is a dream!! Erik Schumacher University of Arizona zeus.opt-sci.arizona.edu