Re: Excel excels
the file created 15 years ago when all this was fields and there were 2 users
And that's the point I was trying to get at earlier.
Because Excel is the go to start point for a simple data set it locks even large organisations in if they start with it, because they weren't a large organisation/department when they started.
In effect it's not Excel is a prime example of the mantra "if the only tool you have is a hammer everything starts to look like a nail" so much as that when you are using an awful lot more nails you might need a bigger hammer.
What's lacking is a simple ( Excel like) programme, that easily scales up without learning a new, complex and scary programme.
I suppose the dream would be something that still looked like Excel even when it had been turned into a proper database under the bonnet.
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