Comments on: Reader poll: Spreadsheets could erode Excel user base

Many Excel users might migrate to Google Spreadsheets, other options, according to an informal News.com poll.

[Captain_Spock]

Talking about being "old fashioned"...

... and that is why a first and foremost look must be taken at the DIEBOLD's ATM and ELECTIONS VOTING MACHINES that are still working away as 'EVER-READY" BATTERIES... if one can trust these machines (OS/2 WARP on the go) with your "CASH"... why not with your BUSINESS PLANNING DATA - and mind you, these are only your projections for "real-time" decision-making; and, to say that this is something new from GOOGLE may just not be necessarily true! IBM and some of its Business Partners who have not given up on OS/2 and the LOTUS 1-2-3's SPREADSHEET "ANALYTICAL" CAPABILITIES must certainly be looking forward to be "cashing in" at the BANKS very soon; perhaps, even before the "new-kids-on-the-block" people at GOOGLE!

[Captain_Spock]

Now! One Can't Say That I Didn't Say That Some...

... just like the "old fashioned" way of "going-backwards-into-the-future" just like the "Federally owned Banco do Brasil is showing the world"; and, if the "Federally owned Banco do Brasil" can demonstrate OS/2's continuing capabilities then this must say something and speak volumes to the rest of the world. One can bet the "farm" that there are much, much more to come on the future of OS/2. See news article Re: "BB completes XP migration to open source" from the attached link below:

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/05/30/1662778.htm

"(BNamericas.com Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Federally owned Banco do Brasil has completed the migration of all its Windows XP computers to the OpenOffice.org open source suite, reported local tech service Computerworld.

The migration involved 35,000 PCs, and Banco do Brasil now aims to migrate another 30,000 computers that use the OS/2 operating system. These should all migrate to the OpenOffice.org system by year-end.

Brazil was one of the first countries in the region to adopt a policy of migration to open source at the government level, prompting multinationals to increase development in this area.

One such case is IBM (NYSE: IBM), which installed a Linux Technology Center in Brazil and recently invested US$2.2mn to expand the center, at its Campinas and Hortolndia sites in So Paulo state. The investment will cover new equipment and hiring of extra developers, with a view to boosting the center's activities......."

[ish221100]

What is Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a computer application that superseded paper worksheets. It displays multiple cells that together make up a grid consisting of rows and columns, each cell containing either alphanumeric text or numeric values. A spreadsheet cell may alternatively contain a formula that defines how the contents of that cell is to be calculated from the contents of any other cell (or combination of cells) each time any cell is updated. Spreadsheets are frequently used for financial information because of their ability to re-calculate the entire sheet automatically after a change to a single cell.

In 1971, Rene K. Pardo and Remy Landau filed a patent on a spreadsheet related algorithm. Visicalc is usually considered the first electronic spreadsheet (although this has been challenged), and it helped turn the Apple II computer into a success and greatly assisted in their widespread application. Lotus 1-2-3 was the leading spreadsheet of DOS era. Excel is now generally considered to have the largest market share.

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[mcbutterbuns]

Good move. Won't kill the beast

I think its pretty safe to say that Google will take a bite out of the home user that doesn't want to pay $500 dollars for office.

The real beast will be the workplace. This is one area where the spreadsheet won't compete with Excel. No IT department will trust putting/creating their spreadsheets online.

This is a pretty cool idea. With spreadsheets, email, webpage creator, maps and calendar, what will Google come out with next? I am predicting Word processor and Database will be next

[knowles2]

Killing microsoft one move at a time

Well I am surprise we have not herd google doing any thing in the computer games industry, some people think that providing advertising through computer games could be a great revenue in the future. Plus I suspect as you do that we will be getting a database software of them soon, but have not google bought a company which already providing a word proccessing software over the internet. And yeah I think they are planing on killing the beast eventually one bit, one move at a time.