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We should go back to manual ledgers...
VisiCalc was created to eliminate accounting errors. Now the spreadsheet is now being blamed for accounting errors. Perhaps the real problem is GIGO. Garbage in, Garbage out.

The real culprit is slick sleaze ball corporate accountants and managers that are trying to manipulate their financials for financial gain. The tool is the new scapegoat for corporate malfeasance. After all, it can?t talk back or testify in court.

They are almost as sleazy as Paul Murphy for introducing Excel into this story to create FUD. None of the underlying articles refer to any one product. After all, accounting practices are Mr. Murphy?s specialty and I?m sure he is heavily involved in corporate accounting departments giving them advice on how to do their job. After all, IT guys are such experts in these matters.

Blogging about something does not make one an expert. Paul, stick to Unix matters where you belong.
Posted by: TheTruthGiver   Posted on: 08/19/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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We should go back to manual ledgers...  TheTruthGiver | 08/19/08
It's not just power users....  palmwarrior | 08/19/08
What's the Alternative?  kurio99 | 08/19/08
Larger publicly owned companies  Michael Kelly | 08/19/08
In many cases  GuidingLight | 08/19/08
Agreed - another people + organization problem  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
Reports From Travel Among the Small Business World  DannyO_0x98 | 08/19/08
Very small businesses  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
Perl DBI and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel()  D. T. Schmitz | 08/19/08
Is There Nothing Perl Can't Do?  DannyO_0x98 | 08/19/08
Not that I know of  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
Trust me, it can do the heavy-lifting for you  D. T. Schmitz | 08/19/08
Why do you think that?  GuidingLight | 08/19/08
It takes a lot of hits...  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
Troll is accurate  Salonikios | 08/19/08
How many non-Excel spreadsheets are there?  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
So take Excel away  mdemuth | 08/19/08
because spreadsheet abuse is a symptom  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
You have it wrong way around.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 08/19/08
That's riduculous  rapson | 08/19/08
Yes - and no  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
No that's not it.  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
Are the "PC power users" wrong?  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
Usually, yes.  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
If power users are wrong...  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
It has nothing to do with Power Users  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
8 percent is surprising...  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
Hyperion  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
How would you rate Hyperion?  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
Rating Hyperion  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
Thanks! (NT)  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
I agree on the overuse.  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
You're way off the mark  laura.b | 08/19/08
I agree - nearly 100%  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
What errors?  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
Use of IEEE is a pretty big problem  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
Oh, man...that's the daggone truth.  laura.b | 08/19/08
Decimal  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
Yes...  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
It does...but  laura.b | 08/19/08
Your claim is ABSOLUTELY FALSE  bmerc | 08/20/08
Check out Rob Weir's stuff  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
Oh come on. Give me some errors. This is a gripe.  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
It is an error  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
Avoid it.  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
No, sir  laura.b | 08/19/08
Ah, Laura? I was agreeing with you  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
I follow  laura.b | 08/19/08
Good article, I agree.  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
Murph, the problem is...  bmerc | 08/20/08
Slight correction  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
Yes, I wasn't clear  laura.b | 08/19/08
More than a replacement for paper.  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
Oh, yeah  laura.b | 08/19/08
Slight correction  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
Ooops repeat  DevGuy_z | 08/19/08
I heard a rant like that once...  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
A year later the process was the same?  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
More or less...  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
Hmmm...  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
New management was installed first  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
This isn't clerical work  laura.b | 08/19/08
I don't doubt that it is complex  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
ROFL!!!!!!  laura.b | 08/19/08
I understand...but it really is  laura.b | 08/19/08
The methods are broken  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
No, they aren't  laura.b | 08/19/08
Inherent exceptions; example from law  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
Elegance  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
RE: No they aren't  bfilipiak@... | 08/20/08
Systems are expressions of ideas  Anton Philidor | 08/19/08
Cheerfully agreeing with both sides  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
Windmills  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
Wrong  laura.b | 08/19/08
Root of the problem  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
This is doublespeak...  bmerc | 08/20/08
Agree, accountants no worse or better than the rest  Ross44 | 08/19/08
Disagree completely  croberts | 08/19/08
SAP?! what are you, nuts?  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/08
Ack!  Erik Engbrecht | 08/19/08
Actually, MS Grove is much better  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/19/08
And people with calculators make mistakes...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/19/08
Computers used to be people  tonymcs@... | 08/19/08
Now it's MS fault companies have accounting errors...Geez...  transposeIT | 08/19/08

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