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"Nagarjuna G." <nagarjun@gnowledge.org> writes:

> a suggestion: the documentation is perfect, but I do not like the use
> of brandnames like 'Excel'.  please use spreadsheet application
> instead.

The first two occurrences could be replaced.  

For the last one, it's more like a joke -- so "spreadsheet application"
would flatten things too much :) Let's keep the reference and play with
periphrastically ways of referring: 

... « try that with the I-can't-compute-850*77.1-spreadsheet-app! »

Other proposals?

-- 
Bastien