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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19767)	5/28/1998 9:25:00 AM
From: Thure Meyer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

"The switching costs of 123 to Excel were not that high" Reginald, You are wrong. For example: On trading floors most spreadsheets have a real-time data component and an SQL component as well as numerous embedded routines like the Techhackers library for bond calculations. On top of that a number of them use special formatting calls which even Microsoft can't make compatible from release to release. Switching to a different product is a huge task. I know because I've done it. If you were to add up all the man hours for a whole corporation like Chase Bank it runs into a lot of cash and there is no gain in productivity or competitive advantage. As usual you trivialize things to make a point. I doubt if you ever have had to run a large project. From your published resume you were a registered rep and now you run a very small shop. That's not the kind of experience that would allow you to even take part in this discussion. Thure