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by nemexy 4052 days ago
The issue with Excel is that it is extremely easy to use and is widely popular, especially for new companies as it is available to anyone with an Office plan, which is available on almost any Windows computer with very few exceptions. So when it comes to that a new business will rarely use something more complex and more expensive in the short term, they just prefer to use the Microsoft Office programs.

This is something I have mey a lot, including in the hotel/restaurant niche, where I work. All of them use it exactly because it is easy and is insanely powerful even for newbies. On the other hand at a certain point they start to learn about the negatives of it and an application that will do what they did in Excel in a proper way, is very easy sell.

Oh, about that... Pandas is great!!!