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In article <1992Aug18.023119.19334@lsa.umich.edu> Hal.Varian@umich.edu  
writes:
> In article <1992Aug17.213921.9430@athena.mit.edu>  
> ray@mtl.mit.edu (Ray Ghanbari) writes:
> > That having been said, we have been toying with the idea of  
> fleshing out  
> > our Matrix class so that it can form the basis of a legitimate  
> table  
> > editor (TableBuilder?) that does all the wonderful things that  
> one would  
> > hope for.  The only question we had was whether there really  
> was a need  
> > for this sort of thing.  Comments, wish lists, PO's??? :-)
> > 
> > Ray Ghanbari                                
> > Digital Tool Works
> > ray@dtw.com
> 
> I strongly encourage you to do this.  In fact, I spoke with one  
> of your representatives at the Mathematica convention in Boston  
> suggesting that this would be a great product.  A lot more  
> people produce tables than equations (for better or worse.)
> 
> Ideally, TableBuilder should be a palette object.  That way it  
> can be part of spreadsheets, stat packages, presentation  
> packages, publishing, etc., etc..  It should produce output in  
> EPS or in TeX.  You can sell the palette object, along with a  
> front end for it like EqB.
> ---
> Hal.Varian@umich.edu    Hal Varian
> voice: 313-764-2364     Dept of Economics
> fax:   313-764-2364     Univ of Michigan
>                         Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220

I second what Hal has said.  The only thing I would add is that, while  
there will be some non-EqB people wanting TableBuilder (TaB), EVERY user  
of EqB will also want TaB, especially if it outputs TeX.  Thus, you  
probably ought to provide a "package deal" and also an upgrade for current  
users of EqB, like me. 
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