WashedOver@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoit always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core...lemmy.caimagemessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1imageit always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core...lemmy.caWashedOver@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square200fedilink
minus-squarefreebee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoTrue, but unless still using .xls instead of .xlsx chances of reaching the row limit on a sheet became rather small, even for very large companies. Many issues with the everything in excel hell, but the row limit isn’t a main one (anymore).
minus-squarestoylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThat is fair, I was perhaps a bit rash when bashing Excel on that point.
minus-squarefreebee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoIt does still happen. Even in new projects. It happened in Britain on their big COVID19.xls sheet https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988
minus-squarestoylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoOh yeah, I remember that one… Thst is a classic example of what Excel is not used for.
minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThe problem is that many of these are xls files.
True, but unless still using .xls instead of .xlsx chances of reaching the row limit on a sheet became rather small, even for very large companies. Many issues with the everything in excel hell, but the row limit isn’t a main one (anymore).
That is fair, I was perhaps a bit rash when bashing Excel on that point.
It does still happen. Even in new projects. It happened in Britain on their big COVID19.xls sheet
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988
Oh yeah, I remember that one…
Thst is a classic example of what Excel is not used for.
The problem is that many of these are xls files.