So, the "court" hears only one argument, never any counter argument. I guess it is no surprise they always vote in favor of the argument presented rather the the argument never presented.
Go to a restaurant or bar frequently and tip generously. You will be AMAZED at he great service you receive. May not be worth much for a one time drop in, but for somewhere you frequent it is well worth the cost.
At that time, I found it most convenient to use Perl for some things, e.g. condensing a "ton" of raw data down into an Excel representation, and VBA for others (manipulating extant worksheets/workbooks).
I also wrote a object-oriented API wrapper in VBA. VBA's fine for doing real work, when you're in the MS Office environment -- or when you have a "plain Jane" Windows machine with no ability/authority to add another toolset.
seems to surface both a bunch of links from the beginning of the last decade, and some current stuff. I would be more familiar with the former, so it may be best to form your own opinion on the current state of things. But I'm commenting here, to the effect that there is much information readily available.
P.S. At least of a decade ago, it helped to have a good understanding of Excel and its programmatic interface. One or more Perl modules made it easy to call into this interface, but you still needed to know what was available and what it would do.
If they can compete with textured soy protean then they have a viable market with pretty low technical requirements. As they develop texture and structure they could replace fajita and stir fry meats, maybe nuggets. Lots of markets as the product matures.
