What Are Our Spreadsheet Options?

Hi,
I don't want to shell out for Excel and / or Office (I just got iWork, in fact). What are my options for spreadsheets on Mac OS X? I could easily make do with Gnumeric. I'd prefer to avoid OpenOffice earlier than 2.0. X11-based apps are OK, if not ideal. Are there other options (besides Excel and OOo) I'm overlooking? I'd probably want to be able to import at least basic Excel sheets, e.g. Other than that, I just have a variety of odd-job, one-off kinds of spreadsheet needs.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Randall Schulz
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Hi,
Is that D'Oh!, á là Homer? I can relate…
Anyway, I found the latest pre-release of the Universal 2.0.2 (rc4, to be specific) and installed it. It's nice that X11 interactions (as in starting it for you) are handled, but I have a problem with all applications that run under X11—I get trapped there! The X11 stipple covers both of my monitors and -TAB is intercepted and does not allow you to switch to non-X11 applications. I can activate the screen saver by putting the mouse in the appropriate corner, and when I deactivate it, I can, for a brief moment, see the Mac desktop, but then the X11 desktop returns and no matter how quickly I click on the Mac windows, the X11 environment reappears.
So… How do you deal with this? Are there some X11 options (transparent / shared desktop, e.g.) that make it easier to use?
Separately, looking at this software (OOo) the lack of graphic refinement is quite stark and the applications look very crude by comparison! Now, I can live with this, but it really hits you how refined the Mac user interface has become over its two-plus decade life.
At the moment, I'm inclined to say that if X11 has to be part of the equation, then I'd really rather have Gnumerc!
Thanks.
Randall Schulz
iMac 20" Core Duo; MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.5)
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