Data exchange through XML... maybe not perfect, but close. What do we do if we got a spreadsheet full of formula from the regulators asking us to provide the data in the spreadsheet. The last thing financial institutions want to have trouble with are regulators.
As much as I like the freedom of using whichever office application suite as I see fit, it just does not work in certain industries.
What's the problem of paying $200 for a copy of office license per year when a business lunch of 4 people could run for $600 - $800. Just saying.
If you work in financial sector, you will know how wide spread excel is. Sure enough we could stop using excel as a company, but it means we couldn't effectively exchange files with our clients, regulators, partners, etc . Well, we could but no one is going to hire a few dudes taking support call when our clients, regulators, partners complain about the spreadsheets we send them.
If you don't rely on excel to do what it's supposed to do -- math or data analysis, you might as well write your data on a piece of paper or better yet, write it in word processor:-)
I keep hearing people saying replacing MS office with openoffice or libreoffice is no brainer. It is no brainer when your're replacing the word processor. It is a total different story to replace excel.
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Data exchange through XML ... maybe not perfect, but close. What do we do if we got a spreadsheet full of formula from the regulators asking us to provide the data in the spreadsheet. The last thing financial institutions want to have trouble with are regulators.
As much as I like the freedom of using whichever office application suite as I see fit, it just does not work in certain industries.
What's the problem of paying $200 for a copy of office license per year when a business lunch of 4 people could run for $600 - $800. Just saying.
If you work in financial sector, you will know how wide spread excel is. Sure enough we could stop using excel as a company, but it means we couldn't effectively exchange files with our clients, regulators, partners, etc . Well, we could but no one is going to hire a few dudes taking support call when our clients, regulators, partners complain about the spreadsheets we send them. If you don't rely on excel to do what it's supposed to do -- math or data analysis, you might as well write your data on a piece of paper or better yet, write it in word processor :-)
I keep hearing people saying replacing MS office with openoffice or libreoffice is no brainer. It is no brainer when your're replacing the word processor. It is a total different story to replace excel.
let me guess, it integrates g+ in every single click. You can +1 on every single email.