Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago$16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet.www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1236file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1236external-link$16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet.www.theregister.comTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day 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-up5·1 day 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.
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.
My backup is ctrl+z 😎