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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (17024)	2/3/1998 10:55:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

Reg, >>Please make a list of productivity gains that the average worker can attribute to Office97 >>Let's put it this way. The non-ilkster that priced your mortgage that bought the house that protects your computer purchased by your platinum credit card (processed by another non-ilkster who uses...) which has billing programs conceptualized by (guess what he is using) all relied on the Excel upgrade path you are denying. And the hip-bone's connected to the thigh-bone. Great list of specific productivity gains. Just because they are trapped in the upgrade cycle does not mean their productivity is flying towards the ceiling. It seems as though banking has more fees the more computerized it gets. Someone's got to pay for the dancing paper-clips and it isn't the Bank, Reg. Was Excel also the favorite spreadsheet when the Savings and Loan Institutions were wisking those mortgages out the door? Seems like they may have had the same recalc problems that Bechtel was experiencing with such jubilance. All those non-ilkster's who just do not appreciate Excel's finer points. >>there are more power users in the world besides nerds, geeks and software evangelists. Yes, there are more power users besides the three of you. Be a little more specific on that list, or can you? The fact that they upgraded does not mean they are more productive, just up-to-date with the latest upgrade. Never said that spreadsheets did not proliferate in the financial world, I'm just questioning the productivity gains that result from adding the same two numbers with a newer spreadsheet. Cheers, Norm