Excel has its place. However, it can be misused.

I have been on the receiving end of Excel-based databases. As they become bigger, the data is harder to handle and can impede data accuracy and integrity.

I was told once in the 1990's by the president of a company they didn't need a formal database because he could run his business on Excel. Before he was the president, the company had been running an AS400 with its embedded database. He pulled the AS400 in favor of his spreadsheets to save money.It didn't take long before the orders were wrong, the shipments were wrong, and customers were unhappy.

Excel is nice but you can't run but the very smallest organizations on it.

Oops, sorry. The editorial is about Excel in the cloud... Are we certain that running applications in the cloud won't bring more thunderstorms than pleasant Spring days? I still hesitate doing mission critical stuff in the cloud.