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Gnumeric Now Supports All Excel Worksheet Functions
unmadindu writes "The latest beta release of Gnumeric has been released. According the the developers, it is now ready and stable enough for general use and deployment, and the final 1.2.0 release will be made on September 8th. This release also marks the realization of a major milestone -- all of the worksheet functions in the U.S. version of MS Excel are now supported. I have been using 1.1.19 for quite some time now, and it is incredibly fast, and hugely improved compared to Gnumeric 1.0."
Microsoft gets a lot of concepts right, they just down implement them as cleanly as most OSS.
...does it support the flight simulator too?
If not, then I'm not interested, thank you!
...it has all the functions which everybody ignored in Excel.
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
i can see a Microsoft ad right below the news :)
gah???? why would klingon food matter ????
Anyways, I agree with you. I would love to see some common code for doing macros, etc that we could use in the OSS world. If MS wishes to copy it, cool.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
The functions to calculate integrals (need that to [calculate] bond rates,) sucked big time in [Excel]. Insufficient precision.
If you're working on a multi-million dollar, long-term bond that comes to quite a bit of change dropped betwen the cracks.
If you're working on a multi-million dollar,long-term bond and using Excel you should have your degree and CPA status revoked.
'cat' works more me. Imports almost everything. Try 'cat file.mdb' - you won't be disappointed
XML causes global warming.
Actually, Microsoft Excel sweeps those cracks every evening, and any loose change it finds is transferred to a secret compartment in your Microsoft Wallet. Then the next time you use your Microsoft Passport to access your Microsoft Hotmail account, Excel quickly grabs this money from your Wallet and tucks it into the back of your Passport, where it's slipped to the Microsoft Agent program that inspects your credentials.
You've all heard how Office products are one of the two main revenue sources for Microsoft. You didn't actually think all that revenue just came from sales, did you? ;-)
A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.
Actually, Microsoft Excel sweeps those cracks every evening, and any loose change it finds is transferred to a secret compartment in your Microsoft Wallet.
Finally, we've got something to nail Billy Gates on! For this. he's not going to some white collar resort prison. No, no, no! He's going to federal POUND ME IN THE ASS prison!
Bitchslapped. Neat.
Even if it does some things better than Openoffice, it doesn't have a fraction of the momentum, the public visibility. It's kind of like Linux vs. *BSD.
Wait a minute! I could swear that I recently read that BSD was dead! In fact it might have been right here on slashdot!
We need more complaining on Slashdot, I'm glad you happened to be around.
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