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		orf on Sept 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft to acquire Nokia A lot of the financial world runs on Excel spreadsheets and VB macros. Its scary, but I wouldn't say they have failed horribly at the spreadsheet market.

tanzam75 on Sept 4, 2013 [–]

If you read my comment, you will see that I was talking about Microsoft's failed spreadsheet, Multiplan. Not Microsoft's successful spreadsheet, Excel.

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