Quora asks What are the advantages of using R/SAS/Matlab/SPSS over Excel on Microsoft WIndows 8?
Excel is still useful no matter what you think
http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-advantages-of-using-R-SAS-Matlab-SPSS-over-Excel-and-all-associated-advanced-packages
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