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"DOS ain't done 'til Lotus won't run". - Microsoft The reason you are all using MS Excel today.
by partycoder 9y ago
"DOS ain't done 'til Lotus won't run".
- Microsoft
The reason you are all using MS Excel today.
- throwawaykf09 9y ago> "DOS ain't done 'til Lotus won't run". Likely apocryphal: http://www.proudlyserving.com/archives/2005/08/dos_aint_done_t.html http://www.proudlyserving.com/archives/2005/08/dos_aint_done...
- bboreham 9y agoNah; Lotus got very defocused on new C++ and cross-platform spreadsheets. Maybe Microsoft misled them on the relative importance of OS/2 vs Windows, but to my eyes it was a classic case of too much money leading to a focus on abstract high-level issues leading to bad software. Still, it took years for 123 to really fade away, at which point Lotus was all about Notes. Source: I worked on the X (Open Look and Motif) versions of 123 around 1990-1992.
- partycoder 9y agoWhat are your thoughts on Quattro Pro?
- bboreham 9y agoI don't believe I've ever set eyes on it running. Kudos to the team that got it to work, though: at the time it was probably the biggest C++ PC program ever.