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1. lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48@fresh.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2015 05:48:20 UTC lnxw48 (Linux Walt)

   • Small Business and Enterpreneurship
   This guy says we should use #spreadsheets far less often than we do in managing #business es. Most…
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   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2015 08:11:34 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     @lnxw48 Less skeptical than he, mostly because #worseisbetter. But I saw one abomination that should have never happened, sold as product.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2015 08:12:53 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     @lnxw48 Think Excel sheets calling other Excel sheets and doing joins using an SQL driver and you're looking at Purgatory.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 06-Mar-2015 19:54:14 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     @lnxw48 Today I got this cute #planetmoney episode in my queue. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2015/02/25/389027988/episode-606-spreadsheets
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 06-Mar-2015 19:55:32 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     @lnxw48 "VisiCalc, the $99 program that made people buy the $2000 Apple II" (Apple II was $2000? Wow that's a load of money.)
   • lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48@fresh.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Mar-2015 20:32:21 UTC lnxw48 (Linux Walt)

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     • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)
     @clacke I remember seeing ads for the Apple II and the TRS-80 and knowing that I could not afford …
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   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 07-Mar-2015 08:28:38 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     @lnxw48 Thank you for making me feel young! When my parents bought me a C128 it was obsolete and dirt cheap, Atari/Amiga war at full bloom.