None the less, where a businessman would have called IT to store a couple hundred records in 1970, now the businessman uses a spreadsheet as a database. In 197

None the less, where a businessman would have called IT to store a couple hundred records in 1970, now the businessman uses a spreadsheet as a database. In 1970 the businessman would probably have used a rather more old fashioned method - a piece of paper and an assistant to write down the figures on a page which looked very like an excel spreadsheet!