It seems to me that the only thing the average person would use it for is to align text in columns. G's example of a baseball schedule where dates and team names are nicely aligned (in columns) solves a problem for many people who can't make tables in their word processor. In my view it's another weak product that creates a buzz and drives the stock price higher. /tom/
Check this latest tool from the Google labs… Online spread sheet It has most of the formulae/functions that we use in excel. Worth a look! http://www.google.com/googlespreadsheets/tour1.html
I think Google wants to be on Top in all the fields... lol... It's not possible though... That's right, they r wasting money in openoffice development, rather they should be fixing the problems they have in search. e.g. site: issue.
I have seen this 2 months ago on a Pc magazine its very good but cant reach the quality of microsoft..