Comment on Microsoft Fixes Excel Feature That Forced Scientists to Rename Human Genes
SatyrSack@lemmy.one 1 year agoNowhere here is it implied that they were using it instead of a database. They could run into this issue whether or not they were properly using Excel for what it is for.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 year ago
It’s a well known phenomenon. The title of the article even alludes to it.
SatyrSack@lemmy.one 1 year ago
What about the title?
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Read the article. IMHO scientists were having problems because they were using it for a task it is ill suited for. The kind of program that is designed for storing large amounts of data and preventing accidental corruption of it is a database.
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I think scientists would use Excel more for finding out information with their data, not for storing it. You know like looking for trends and plotting graphs and whatnot.