SQLite and Excel as DataSmithing Tools

Tom Gleeson aka Goban Saor has an interesting perspective on how well SQLite acts as a general table store which can then be used in OLAP and Excel. He describes the SQLite as the “MP3 for databases”, and I think he comes pretty close to the mark on this.

What’s there to stop anyone from putting on a little spreadsheet-like front-end on top of SQLite?