Good grief. Excel is a fine interactive program, but instead of figuring out how to run spreadsheets fast over a thousand machines in parallel, it's better to put the computationally intensive parts in C or Fortran using a DLL or something and use Excel as the interface, not the engine.
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To: reaganaut1
I’ve never had a problem running Excel on a single computer.
2 posted on
05/18/2010 1:16:12 PM PDT by
Paladin2
To: reaganaut1
This is what happens I guess when a product is essentially as mature as it’s going to get and the dev team is looking for something to do...hehe
3 posted on
05/18/2010 1:16:46 PM PDT by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: reaganaut1
Excel has had resolution problems if one was using numbers smaller than integers.
4 posted on
05/18/2010 1:17:19 PM PDT by
Paladin2
To: ShadowAce
5 posted on
05/18/2010 1:18:05 PM PDT by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: reaganaut1
Its plan of attack: make the machines easier to use. How bout starting with making it easier to see ALL computers in a heterogenous network!
For the life of me I don't know why they think they have to change networking on every new g-damn version of Windows.
6 posted on
05/18/2010 1:19:34 PM PDT by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: reaganaut1
...will allow a program like Excel to run in parallel on thousands of machines so the application can be used to tackle monster financial computing chores ...like computing the NATIONAL DEBT AND THE DEFICIT SIMULTANEOUSLY!..................
7 posted on
05/18/2010 1:21:40 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you'll know that its desolation is NEAR. Luke 21)
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9 posted on
05/18/2010 1:23:40 PM PDT by
Proud_texan
(Scare people enough and they'll do anything.)
To: All
sorry microsoft but cloud computing is security unacceptable
10 posted on
05/18/2010 1:25:53 PM PDT by
longtermmemmory
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To: reaganaut1
I’d be happy to see their software work well on just one computer.
11 posted on
05/18/2010 1:27:06 PM PDT by
GingisK
To: reaganaut1
Old reliable - Blue Screen of Life!
13 posted on
05/18/2010 1:29:01 PM PDT by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: reaganaut1
15 posted on
05/18/2010 1:30:36 PM PDT by
Disambiguator
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To: reaganaut1
17 posted on
05/18/2010 1:33:38 PM PDT by
TChris
("Hello", the politician lied.)
To: reaganaut1
You’re against bloatware!
Communist!
18 posted on
05/18/2010 1:33:42 PM PDT by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: reaganaut1
26 posted on
05/18/2010 1:51:57 PM PDT by
TSgt
(We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
To: reaganaut1
Sounds like Setiathome.com
31 posted on
05/18/2010 2:26:41 PM PDT by
b4its2late
(Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200 and a substantial tax cut save you 30 cents?)
To: reaganaut1
Microsoft has never been first, never been best, and has a hard time just getting things to run.
Sorry, but I’ll wait for Unix or Apple gurus for innovation.
Meanwhile, I put up with my Microsoft POS OS at work...dreaming of when I can get home and use real computers (Linux and OS-X).
To: reaganaut1
Remember the old days when you were wowed by the speed of your new computer? Never seems to happen anymore. Wonder if Moore’s law is being disproven, or if OSs and software are just so bloated now.
38 posted on
05/18/2010 3:57:23 PM PDT by
Minn
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39 posted on
05/18/2010 4:12:42 PM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: reaganaut1
They will need more computers then this to tally the national debt...
42 posted on
05/18/2010 4:37:30 PM PDT by
tubebender
( I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it...)
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