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In article <1992Aug18.172935.6287@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>  
cahalan@clouds.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Cahalan) writes:
> 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. 

Allow me to add my name to the list of people who would be interested in  
such a product.  I also would like to see it bundled with EqB, as Mr.  
Cahalan suggests in his post.

Jim