Microsoft does publish the sources of their algorithms. Well... sort
of. See
<http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q149/2/36.asp>.
BTW, readers of the CUR-L and Pland-Ed lists should note that similar
discussions about MS Excel as a tool for undergraduate research and
classes are going on in both lists.
-W2
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