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From: sguerke@brahms.udel.edu (Stephen Guerke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: What is the best spreadsheet software?
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Date: 8 May 91 16:14:04 GMT
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In article <15488@darkstar.ucsc.edu> yojay@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Jason P. Hoffman) writes:
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>Does anyone know which issue of Infoworld compared Lotus 3.1, Excel 3.0, and
>Quattro Pro 3.0?  I think Excel is the best with Quattro Pro a very close
>second.  Is Borland coming out with a Windows version of Quattro Pro?  If they
>do, Quattro Pro might just surpass Excel as the best spreadsheet package 
>available.
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If I am using any machine less than a 25Mh 386 w/4Mb RAM, I would go
with Quattro Pro - any version (I use Ver.1.0, though I just ordered
Ver.3).

EXCEL 3.0 is a super program, very well designed and on a fast Windows
3.0 machine, I think I would prefer it (cut and pasting to a Word
Processor, and Graphics are features that I need in a spreadsheet.)

Lotus 3.1 is nice -but- its the only version of Lotus that surpasses
Quattro Pro ver. 1 in features (IMHO) and you need a relatively high
end machine to run it. 

I have tried Lotus 3.1 and EXCEL 3.0 and use Quattro Pro 1.  I have
decided to upgrade to QP 3 rather than one of the others, because
thier support (once you get through the busy signals) is good, the
product is good, and if you qualify for the Educational Pricing....the
price cannot be beat!

I have not yet seen a head to head comparison of the three products in
any of the Mags,(PC Mag. PC World, PC Compute, or Info World) though
there is a good review of Quattro Pro in the April 29 issue of Info World. 





























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