Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours ago$16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet.www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-link$16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet.www.theregister.comTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-square0x01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·5 hours agoHonestly, that’s fine. This may be a wild take, but they grew and their usage of excel obviously didn’t hold them back, what’s the issue?
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·43 minutes agoThe fact that excel lacks any sort of auditing or access controls. The fact that any corruption in the file could lead to the company not knowing what money goes where and who’s been paid and who owes them money.
minus-squareLag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 minutes agoExcel or not, they should be using backups.
Honestly, that’s fine. This may be a wild take, but they grew and their usage of excel obviously didn’t hold them back, what’s the issue?
The fact that excel lacks any sort of auditing or access controls. The fact that any corruption in the file could lead to the company not knowing what money goes where and who’s been paid and who owes them money.
Excel or not, they should be using backups.