I get really surprised every time it comes up, that something else hasn't come up, like Access or Libreoffice Base, that people in non-finance fields organically gathered around because of it being:<p>- Easier to use<p>- Less likely to eat your data<p>- Less limitations (although we missed taking advantage of the limited columns issue in Excel)<p>I understand the concept that Excel is easy to get started with and Access wasn't provided with the lower options of Office, but it still seems odd.