Do you use an online spreadsheet? There are several on the market, with the most popular one being Google Docs – however, most people have avoided using them, because, quite rightly, they just don’t seem to have quite the power to achieve real business results.
Even Google themselves say that their spreadsheet is really only meant for casual home users who want to do simple checkbook balancing or organise a soccer training schedule.
Another player that has been on the market for a while is Zoho. These guys have slowly and quietly built a suite of online applications which I think will take the market by storm in the following year. They recently announced their millionth user signup, and this week, they have announced that their Zoho Sheet, which is an online spreadsheet, now supports macro recording and playback. More importantly, these macros are actually Visual Basic code, which is the same as Excel uses.
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Technology wise, this is an awesome achievement, and if the Zoho crew can build on this, their software suite will actually be a serious contender against Microsoft’s own Office suite.
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