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To: roadcat

“That’s one viewpoint. The apps, thousands of which became available for the Apple II. That wasn’t the primary reason for most people. “

The spreadsheet was the driving force. Apple had VisiCalc for about a year before the others started getting it.

Then along came Lotus 1-2-3 and boom! No one in our office touched an apple after that.


140 posted on 09/10/2014 10:58:55 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
Then along came Lotus 1-2-3 and boom!

Yes, 1-2-3 killed Apple in the office. Our office standardized on 1-2-3, which was hilarious because it was inferior to others and quickly got obsolete by better programs. Even Supercalc was better, which I think came out before 1-2-3, features in Supercalc were incorporated into Excel years later. Those were crazy times.

143 posted on 09/10/2014 11:11:34 AM PDT by roadcat
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