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From: jcwasik@PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: What is the best spreadsheet software?
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Date: 8 May 91 15:42:02 GMT
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yojay@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Jason P. Hoffman) writes:
>
>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.

Rumor has it that Borland is writing Windows versions for both Quatro-Pro and
Paradox.  Ask them and they'll just smile.

As for who is best, while I use Excel only occasionally, I hear that Wingz
beats the pants off of all these other speadsheets.

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