Really topical, considering an Architect I know actually does some of his detailing in excel. He uses them to communicate his details with other Architects in the office, and does a very credible job.
Erich On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:17:02 -0600, "Robert Citek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Feb 17, 2006, at 11:59 AM, Jon Drews wrote: > > On 2/17/06, JT Moree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This is not to justify misusing spreadsheets. They have thier > >> uses and > >> they are versatile but should not be the only tool in someone's > >> bag of > >> tricks. > > > > I will leave it to Robert to comment on the other deficiencies of > > spreadsheets. > > My take: Use your best judgement. Spreadsheets are great for simple > formatting of sets of numbers. Unfortunately, more often people try > to turn them in to the end-all-be-all of data manipulation. If the > only tool you know is a hammer then all your problems look like nails. > > Regards, > - Robert > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > Help others get OpenSource software. Distribute FLOSS > for Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ -- Erich Friesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
