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In message <hlvm31$vfk$>, Gib Bogle wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> But there was a clear implication that the bugs somehow didn’t matter.
>
> Not to me. The implication to me was that only a fool would use Excel for
> stats.

But what would the relevance be of that, then?

On Feb 23, 5:37*pm, Gib Bogle <g.bo...@auckland.no.spam.ac.nz> wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> > In message <hluvm4$qr...@speranza.aioe.org>, Gib Bogle wrote:
>
> >> He said this "Using excel,gnumeric or any other general purpose
> >> spreadsheet for statistical analysis sounds a bit like using a baseball
> >> bat to drive nails."
> >> * Does this sound like advocating sticking with Excel? *Not to me.
>
> > But there was a clear implication that the bugs somehow didn’t matter..
>
> Not to me. *The implication to me was that only a fool would use Excel for stats.

Since allegedly one is born every minute, there would be millions of
people out there who would potentially use spreadsheet software for
stats.