This one is for all of you hard core programmers.
Openoffice.org has released a new programming kit for Openoffice. Openoffice is the open source competitor to Microsoft Office.
This allows you guys to add features to Open Office. So you need a spread sheet to interface with an application... Use Open Office and write the interface. All you need are Java or C++ skills.
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By the way it is free.
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