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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. If in doubt, copy! by KingDaveRa · · Score: -1, Troll

    Microsoft is Evil. Check

    Free software is the way forward. Check

    Free software is unique. Check

    Free software is trying to ape all the features of Evil Microsoft software. Check

    WHY? I can understand having a subset of commands. I can understand doing some things the same, but copying outright just passes me by as being a bit odd. Instead of doing everything the competition does, try doing it better. I can hardly talk - I don't write software, but its another 'lets do it the Microsoft way'. WHY?!

    1. Re:If in doubt, copy! by mcgroarty · · Score: 1, Troll
      This kind of ham-fisted abuse has to stop. Your winkie at the end does not disguise the fact that you are nothing but a karma troll.

      And please stop with the Star Wars references and gay bear innuendo -- we get the point, okay?

    2. Re:If in doubt, copy! by mcgroarty · · Score: 0, Troll
      Again with the gay Chewbaca/Star Wars references.

      When are you going to get in touch with the rest of us?

    3. Re:If in doubt, copy! by mcgroarty · · Score: 0, Troll

      Whoah! Don't you go waving your "angry wookie" at me!

  2. erm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Koffice... OOo .... Gnumeric..... gah.

    Someone should standardize all this nonsense.

  3. Error in article? by RonnyJ · · Score: 0, Troll
    Another error in a Slashdot article?

    Gnumeric Now Supports All Excel Worksheet Functions - followed by this:

    all of the worksheet functions in the U.S. version of MS Excel are now supported. Not quite 'All Excel Worksheet Functions' then...

  4. All functions, my ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There's so many special cases to all of Excel's functions, I bet Gnumeric doesn't fully support one of them.

  5. Re:SXC ? by Daniel+Phillips · · Score: -1, Troll

    does it real .123 format? I have some old lotus Spreadsheets that I can't open any more. It would be neat if it could read them.

    Obviously, you can add it, or if you can't program, find a friend who can.

    --
    Have you got your LWN subscription yet?
  6. Re:Time to emerge it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Good for you, GENTOO fanboy. Did you -funroll-all-the-loopies and --fomit-instructions to make is super l33t for your boxen?

  7. ALL YOUR MARE ARE BELONG TO US by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    R3Z1sT4NC3 IZ FuTiLE. Now give me all your mares or bite the bullet!

  8. THEY CAN'T EVEN GET THE FUCKING US FLAG RIGHT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    COCK SUCK asdfasdf

  9. Re:But does it work the same? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't give a fuck who it's from. He's just a typical jew.