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First, IBM created an open standard which stuck due to their size. Then the killer app Lotus 123 came out and it didn't use Basic and nothing you wrote in Basi
by shrubble 3y ago
First, IBM created an open standard which stuck due to their size.
Then the killer app Lotus 123 came out and it didn't use Basic and nothing you wrote in Basic could compete with 123 either.
My older brother bought a $4000 TI Professional computer, added 123 and made enough to pay for it over 1 weekend (time sensitive tax related documents for a real estate transaction). He couldn't have done it with Basic.
- bombcar 3y agoThis and piracy was the kicker. And the business machines companies paid $$$ for to get access to 123 ended up at home a few years later as newer machines entered the workforce.