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Dev tools · September 22, 2015

Financial Times News - A testing time for spreadsheets

The story of a $700 million Excel error

Financial Times News - A testing time for spreadsheets launched on September 22, 2015 with 61 votes, #1,093 of 3,463 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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