Microsoft Excel really sucks as a messaging app. John Hardy Technical Labour November 26, 2017 1 Minute Microsoft Excel really sucks as a messaging app. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Like Loading... Related Published by John Hardy Closures are a poor man's object. Objects are a poor man's closure. View all posts by John Hardy Published November 26, 2017
It’s not even Excel. I don’t think MS made apps for the Symbian OS, which that Nokia ran on. LikeLike Reply
I was thinking they did that. microsoft.com – 7 Ways to Share Information with Co-workers LikeLike Reply
There are probably people who’ve used an Excel spreadsheet on a network drive as a chat system. I mean, it’s been used as everything else. LikeLike Reply
mathew murphy yep, just 500 lines of VB script and Excel is almost as good as WhatsApp. LikeLike Reply
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I bet you could build a chat in it. A brilliantly horrible one.
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Almost spilled my coffee
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It’s not even Excel. I don’t think MS made apps for the Symbian OS, which that Nokia ran on.
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I was thinking they did that.
microsoft.com – 7 Ways to Share Information with Co-workers
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Covert channel.
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They opened a socket.
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There are probably people who’ve used an Excel spreadsheet on a network drive as a chat system. I mean, it’s been used as everything else.
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mathew murphy yep, just 500 lines of VB script and Excel is almost as good as WhatsApp.
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