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Re: Freeware/shareware Win95 spreadsheets?

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From: Andrew Hodgson
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 00:00
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If you are looking for one, check out the following sight:-
http://www.freewarenow.com
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Andrew

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Ian Staples <staplei@planet.ari.dpi.qld.gov.au> wrote in article
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: NoMailThanks@FollowupInstead.com (Richard RUDEK) writes:
: 
: >staplei@planet.ari.dpi.qld.gov.au (Ian Staples) wrote:
: 
: >>I'm looking for a good but cheap (free would be nice :) spreadsheet
: >>to run under Windows 95. I suppose even an old DOS one could be run
: [...]
: 
: >Why not just buy Microsoft Works. It's about $50-$60, and you get a
: >WordProcessor, Spreadsheet, Database, etc. In fact, I don't understand
why
: >many businesses don't buy Works instead of Office - Many will never use
: >Office to the extent that justifies it's cost.
: 
: It's one of life's little ironies that in many corporate environments
: you're not allowed to adopt a cheaper approach -- you can only do so
: "unofficially" which means spending *your* money for *their* benefit.
: Hence the need for the cheap*est* solution in many cases.  :-)
: 
: Cheers,  Ian S.
: 
: P.S. How compatible is the spreadsheet in Works with Lotus .WK1 files
: do you know?  It would have to be able to import and export them.
: (We're really only talking data here, very limited formulae, if any.
: But I think we're stuck with the .WK1 format at one end, otherwise just 
: using CSV files would be an option for transferring stuff to and fro.)
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From: "Andrew Hodgson" <hodgson@nospam.net>
Subject: Re: Freeware/shareware Win95 spreadsheets?
Date: 1998/01/16
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