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Visicalc would have been the first. In the early years of the PC, Visicorp was bigger than Microsoft -- mostly from their sales on the Apple II. They never ha
by chuckadams 3y ago
Visicalc would have been the first. In the early years of the PC, Visicorp was bigger than Microsoft -- mostly from their sales on the Apple II. They never had much success on the PC platform, which is where Lotus ate their lunch.
- kbolino 3y agoYeah, "first on micros" definitely goes to VisiCalc. But "perfected in the 80s" I definitely think goes to Lotus. And while Microsoft was a contemporary developer of spreadsheet software, Excel didn't become dominant until the 90s.