Announcing Python in Excel: Combining the power of Python and the flexibility of Excel.

chrisconn365 ; Hi Chris, definitely feel the same way. I have several posts in this community for the Python in Excel release debacle, and one was how, in my opinion, Microsoft has turned into the game developers they so desperately want to be. Just look at the multi-billion dollar Activision purchase in the works.

Microsoft's software is now released just like the game developers release their games. The software is not complete, and nowhere near ready for the public to use. But they get people to buy the software (games), and the end users (us) are the debuggers for the terrible software. I've always wondered why people are paying $70 for a video game that isn't finished. Then they just keep downloading patches from the developer over the next however many months.

This is exactly what Microsoft has been doing over the past couple of years. When I "upgraded" (used loosely) to Windows 11, there were several bugs noticeable right away. The most annoying is the opening of several DOS / Command screens on my desktop every time Windows starts. You just see several screens popping up on the desktop, then they go away and you finally see just your desktop. This is not something the end user should be seeing when using what is supposed to be the "best OS out there".

This is how you end up with the mess everyone is seeing here with their Python in Excel rollout. We, as end users, get to work out the bugs, all while Microsoft will be charging you for using the feature. So, you are paying Microsoft to fix their software.