I get the spirit of the document, but disagree with the goal. I'm biased, I've kind of made my career writing web applications for people reliant on Excel. While I've come to respect it's power – I had a colleague in architecture school design buildings using excel and I've seen some ridiculous formulas based on crazy pivot tables and conditionals.
I've seen more spreadsheets than I would care to admit, and what drives me crazy about each and everyone is that it is not readily apparent where the work is being done. I think you could say the same about a "programming language" except that the programming language is usually not also the product. When the interface is the code and the output, the lack of consistent implementation is something I find frustrating.
It's a nice thought experiment, but in my mind I think the world would be a better place without excel.
I've seen more spreadsheets than I would care to admit, and what drives me crazy about each and everyone is that it is not readily apparent where the work is being done. I think you could say the same about a "programming language" except that the programming language is usually not also the product. When the interface is the code and the output, the lack of consistent implementation is something I find frustrating.
It's a nice thought experiment, but in my mind I think the world would be a better place without excel.