Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days ago$16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet.www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoNot if there is a BACKUP folder with daily copies of all your spreadsheets. Sifting through the backups is so much fun when you’re trying to find when a particular issue started.
minus-squarekambusha@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoExcel is indeed super powerful. I’ve seen firsthand what they power in multiple Fortune 500 companies, and usually for a lot of critical tasks. It doesn’t surprise me in the least that this company was using it for finances.
Not if there is a BACKUP folder with daily copies of all your spreadsheets.
Sifting through the backups is so much fun when you’re trying to find when a particular issue started.
My backup is ctrl+z 😎
Excel is indeed super powerful. I’ve seen firsthand what they power in multiple Fortune 500 companies, and usually for a lot of critical tasks. It doesn’t surprise me in the least that this company was using it for finances.