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Gnumeric Now Supports All Excel Worksheet Functions

Posted by timothy on from the in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it dept.

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."

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  1. Yes, but... by heneon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...does it support the flight simulator too?
    If not, then I'm not interested, thank you!

  2. oh the irony by rzei · · Score: 3, Funny

    i can see a Microsoft ad right below the news :)

  3. Re:Hope it does a better job. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  4. Re:Hope it does a better job. by Odin's+Raven · · Score: 5, Funny
    The functions to calculate integrals (need that to calculatr bond rates,) sucked big time in Excell. 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.

    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? ;-)

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