There was a time (early on, as I understand more from reading than personal experience), when others exceeded Excel, including in some elegance and capabilities Excel never fully embraced.
But currently, in its domain, it is "the right tool for the job".
What will cause me to move away from it, I speculate, is Microsoft's apparent push to move it and Office to a subscription model. And my speculation about how that will effect one's ability to run it under emulation and so, more or less, perpetually (for continued access to data and models it contains).
I don't want to worry that, in 3 or 5 years or whatever, I will no longer be able to access my workbooks. Or that I will no longer be able to access them without paying perpetually, regardless of whether I want to use Excel for new work.
I have 20+ year old programs that still run fine under emulation. And reasons to return to them and the data they generated. Without paying X dollars/year forever, for the privilege.
But currently, in its domain, it is "the right tool for the job".
What will cause me to move away from it, I speculate, is Microsoft's apparent push to move it and Office to a subscription model. And my speculation about how that will effect one's ability to run it under emulation and so, more or less, perpetually (for continued access to data and models it contains).
I don't want to worry that, in 3 or 5 years or whatever, I will no longer be able to access my workbooks. Or that I will no longer be able to access them without paying perpetually, regardless of whether I want to use Excel for new work.
I have 20+ year old programs that still run fine under emulation. And reasons to return to them and the data they generated. Without paying X dollars/year forever, for the privilege.