Section: Discussion
...Subsection: Problems that spreadsheets aren't good at solving

• Anything involving a lot of text. Spreadsheets don't do text well.

• Problems with significant database activity. While most spreadsheets can do limited database operations, most of the time you're better off (surprise!) using a real database.

• Any "real", heavy-duty statistics. Most spreadsheets can do the necessary operations up to a couple thousand data points, but when dealing with several thousand data points in complex patterns, you should really use a dedicated statistics package.