Funny to think about next time some engineer is telling you how this or that new cloud software will 'totally replace spreadsheets.'
Spreadsheets powered the personal computing revolution - single handedly determined the winner of the OS wars (when people fled to first DOS and then windows after MSFT build Lotus into Excel).
Like em or hate em, spreadsheets are here to stay.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc
Flash forward to 1997, and a key part of the deal for MS investing in Apple is...you guessed it, Excel on the mac.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOp5mBY9IY&t=2m0s
Funny to think about next time some engineer is telling you how this or that new cloud software will 'totally replace spreadsheets.'
Spreadsheets powered the personal computing revolution - single handedly determined the winner of the OS wars (when people fled to first DOS and then windows after MSFT build Lotus into Excel).
Like em or hate em, spreadsheets are here to stay.