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DSS Resources News (tm)
May 23, 2000--Vol. 1, No. 2
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Featured:
* Spreadsheets
* DSS News Stories
* What's New at DSSResources.COM
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Spreadsheets
In response to questions ...
1. My preliminary research indicates that the current market is
dominated by the Big Three: Excel, 1-2-3 and Quattro. Is that correct?
Is there a fourth contender? Do you have any figures on market share
for these products?
The market is dominated by Microsoft Excel. It has the dominant market
share. My guess is more than 60% ... but Market Share is hard to
calculate because IBM gives away copies of Lotus 1-2-3 with some
systems. The majority of serious spreadsheet users are Excel users.
2. Are there any shareware spreadsheets.
Check my page on Spreadsheet Links at
http://dssresources.COM/spreadsheets/spreadsheet.html
Spreadheet shareware is not a significant factor in the market in my
opinion.
3. What are the "must-have" features that any spreadsheet needs to
feature these days?
The key features needed are the capability to export as HTML, create
pivot tables, provide a full set of built in functions, and
sophisticated charting.
4. What is lacking in today's applications? What's the single >biggest
improvement needed?
I only use Excel and Lotus 1-2-3. I don't think much is lacking ... Web
integration is much better in Excel 2000 than in Excel 97, but many
Microsoft specific HTML tags are added that make it hard to edit the
exported Web pages in an HTML editor. You will need to make all changes
in Excel and others can import your Web document back into Excel.
5. Is anyone offering a spreadsheet as part of an ASP package?
I don't know. I don't think application service providers need to
provide spreadsheet applications. Microsoft may try if ASPs catch on.
6. Which spreadsheet do you personally favor and why?
Microsoft Excel ... I have used it for 15 years ... first on the
Macintosh and now with Windows. Why? It works.
Comments are appreciated.
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DSS News Stories
05/23/2000 Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server 6 earned the highest enterprise
software product evaluation rating from SPEX (www.checkspex.com/).
SPEXmark ratings are based on functionality, user-friendliness,
technology and market strength. Highlights of the SPEX evaluation are
available at hyperion.com/essbaseolap.cfm.
05/19/2000 - RealWare Awards call for entries. CMP Media's Business
Intelligence Group announced details of the 2000
RealWare Awards for IT Excellence in Intelligent Enterprise and Imaging
and Document Solutions. Check RealwareAwards.com.
Entries are due Friday, June 16, 2000.
05/17/2000, M2 Communications - LONDON -- Brio Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:
BRIO), announced the beta version of
Brio.Portal 7.0. New to version 7.0 are Portal.Pages which combine
exception alerts, charts, gauges, news flashes, and business
events into an intuitive and easily customised interface. External
market information such as news flashes and business events are
delivered in Brio.Portal 7.0 along with syndicated content from more
than 850 content sources. Brio.Portal 7.0 also includes the
ability to proactively monitor key performance indicators, while
incorporating Brio's entire suite of product offerings, including its
analytics, enterprise reporting and business intelligence. For more
information check www.brio.com or e-mail:
abell-@brio.com.
05/15/2000 Reminder! The IFIP WG 8.3 Working Conference on Decision
Support through Knowledge Management will be held
in Stockholm, Sweden, July 9 - 11, 2000. Information on the event can be
found at: www.dsv.su.se/DSS-2000/eng_index.html
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What's New? at DSSResources.COM
05/14/2000 Added Mind-It Email Alert Service to What's New? page.
05/13/2000 Posted new page Communications-Driven DSS
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