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> Radio (1895) > VisiCalc (Excel predecessor, 1979) > Facebook (2004) This is an... interesting version of technological innovation history.

• trestenhortz 6y ago
  “Excel predecessor”. Harsh description of the invention of spreadsheet software.
  • tablet 6y ago
    New generation does not remember it... but I agree
  • giantg2 6y ago
    To the victor goes history.
    • deleted 6y ago
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    • hinkley 6y ago
      I'm pretty sure if you use a fat enough marker, or a wide enough brush, you could create a picture where visicalc leads to the ARM M1 processor. There are victors, and there are victors.
  • hinkley 6y ago
    The Lord of the Rings (A Song of Ice and Fire predecessor)
    • skeeter2020 6y ago
      or "Something to keep us entertained until they made those Conan Movies"