Re: Excel - was RE: How do you calm down the hot-heads?

From: Chuck Kuecker (ckuecker@ckent.org)
Date: Thu Sep 11 2003 - 09:30:35 MDT

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    Ah, yes - I remember VisiCalc, but never had a chance to use it. Google had
    lots - first hit http://dssresources.com/history/sshistory.html .

    Nostalgia...

    Chuck Kuecker

    At 06:48 09/11/2003 -0700, you wrote:

    >On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Chuck Kuecker wrote:
    >
    > > Anyway, which came first - Excel or Lotus 123? Seems to me Lotus was out
    > > first, and Microsoft stole their lunch...
    >
    >Actually, neither. As I recall, I was working at Yourdon, Inc. in
    >the early 1980's when an individual, who if I recall correctly was
    >named Mark Pearson, developed the first spreadsheet application I
    >ever saw. [I don't recall the name of the program.] Of course it
    >was rather cumbersome since windows did not exist so one was running
    >it on standard 23x80 terminals. I think subsequently VisiCalc became
    >the first well known spreadsheet application. Then came Lotus 123
    >followed by Excel. Can't google come up with something on the
    >"history of spreedsheets"?
    >
    >Also, on a related topic -- Java was not designed by Bill Joy, it
    >was designed by James Gosling [1].
    >
    >R.
    >
    >1. Lohr, S., "Sun Microsystems' Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Resigns"
    > NY Times (10 September 2003).
    > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/10/technology/10JOY.html?pagewanted=print

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