Re: Freeware/shareware Win95 spreadsheets?

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From: Richard RUDEK
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 00:00

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staplei@planet.ari.dpi.qld.gov.au (Ian Staples) wrote:

>G'day world,
>
>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
>in a DOS box in Win95, but some nice Win95 features would be useful
>to have available.
>
>It would need to handle the old Lotus .WK1 file format at a minimum
>level of compatibility - but one or two Excel formats as well would 
>be very useful for our purposes. 
>
>Does such an animal exist in the Windows world?


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.
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From: NoMailThanks@FollowupInstead.com (Richard RUDEK)
Subject: Re: Freeware/shareware Win95 spreadsheets?
Date: 1998/01/10
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