Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago$16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet.www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziphackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squarekambusha@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoShift+F9… annnnd, the data is gone
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoNot if there is a BACKUP folder with daily copies of all your spreadsheets. Sifting through the backups is so much fun when you’re trying to find when a particular issue started.
minus-squarekambusha@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoExcel is indeed super powerful. I’ve seen firsthand what they power in multiple Fortune 500 companies, and usually for a lot of critical tasks. It doesn’t surprise me in the least that this company was using it for finances.
minus-squarePregnenolone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoMy backup is ctrl+z 😎
Shift+F9… annnnd, the data is gone
Not if there is a BACKUP folder with daily copies of all your spreadsheets.
Sifting through the backups is so much fun when you’re trying to find when a particular issue started.
Excel is indeed super powerful. I’ve seen firsthand what they power in multiple Fortune 500 companies, and usually for a lot of critical tasks. It doesn’t surprise me in the least that this company was using it for finances.
My backup is ctrl+z 😎