Does the new 2005 datagrid fufill all of the grid needs?

[Denaes]

I heard 2005 was supposed to have it's own flexgrid. But I don't see one.

 

The datagrid (as i recall and might be incorrect) was awful in 2003 and was barely useful for displaying straight up views/tables.

 

I have played with the datagrid a little and I realize it's actually customizable when bound (thats a big plus).

 

But is it as useful as say the CompontOne FlexGrid for displaying data? Not being databound, you just putting data in some cells, formatting others, combining some cells together?