<story><title>Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841167/microsoft-excel-python-integration-support</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>baz00</author><text>I have to see some red flags here. The very nature and power of Excel comes from the fact that workbooks can stand alone. This means that the process is eternally tied to the cloud now. So when you, 3 years down the line, have to open a workbook from your deceased colleague, you are at the whim of the vendor supporting the existence of this integration.&lt;p&gt;Step one of any workload will always be &amp;quot;work out how to make the software work again&amp;quot; and that&amp;#x27;s terrible.&lt;p&gt;I know this because I have been in that situation several times in the last couple of decades with random Excel, outlook and word add-ins. And those don&amp;#x27;t even do the processing remotely!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>seanw444</author><text>&amp;gt; This means that the process is eternally tied to the cloud now.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;You will own nothing, and you will be happy&amp;quot; has followed us to... spreadsheets? We can&amp;#x27;t even own the things we&amp;#x27;re wageslaving away at our desk for.</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841167/microsoft-excel-python-integration-support</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>baz00</author><text>I have to see some red flags here. The very nature and power of Excel comes from the fact that workbooks can stand alone. This means that the process is eternally tied to the cloud now. So when you, 3 years down the line, have to open a workbook from your deceased colleague, you are at the whim of the vendor supporting the existence of this integration.&lt;p&gt;Step one of any workload will always be &amp;quot;work out how to make the software work again&amp;quot; and that&amp;#x27;s terrible.&lt;p&gt;I know this because I have been in that situation several times in the last couple of decades with random Excel, outlook and word add-ins. And those don&amp;#x27;t even do the processing remotely!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ayhanfuat</author><text>I think this is easier to manage to be honest. They are using Anaconda distributions so if you tie each workbook to a distribution with possibility to update&amp;#x2F;rollback it makes things a lot easier than trying to manage a local installation.</text></comment>