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Microsoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific data (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Changing the default will break the workflows of tens of thousands in the business industry

Scientists should be using something like MATLAB, not Excel.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Matlab is used, if at all, by physicists.

We're talking about molecular biologists.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

You could make a new filetype, default new versions to it, & not break compatibility. Wouldn't do anything for existing workbooks, and keep xlsx an option, but "it would break compatibility" is not a be-all end-all argument against this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

They're not doing their analysis in Excel. MATLAB solves no problems here?