In a recent LinkedIn poll, a striking result emerged: 70% of respondents agreed that spreadsheets in the enterprise should be architected using a...
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By Hiran de Silva While waiting at University College London Hospital recently—where, incidentally, Ringo Starr once had his tonsils removed and...
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The Bizarre Cloud Spreadsheet Debate: Are We Having a Real Discussion or Just Feeding the Algorithm?
Lately, I’ve been following some of the discussions unfolding in Paul Barnhurst’s threads about spreadsheets “moving to the cloud.” At first...
Recently, I posted a poll on LinkedIn asking: “Should spreadsheets in the enterprise default to being standalone or client-server, unless...
Understanding the architecture behind Excel—and why it matters more than ever. A Confused Conversation There’s a lot of confusion floating...
Most Excel users in today’s enterprises are unaware of a client-server architecture—not just unfamiliar with the mechanics, but completely oblivious...
Ref: Post on LinkedIn by Giles Male on Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 There’s been some recent discussion around the quality of spreadsheet solutions in...
A strange absurdity plays out daily on social media—especially in the Excel community. You can see it vividly in a recent thread by Paul Barnes...
Most Excel users today operate within a severely limited paradigm — one rooted in the outdated metaphor of a large sheet of paper. This “paper...
Another day, another confused post on LinkedIn, asking whether VBA is being replaced. It’s a superficially plausible question, one that sounds...