Why a simple spreadsheet spread like wildfire - The Guardian [Archive]

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03-01-2016, 19:37

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNHKbBcW9cUEVQohU2wOV9ft5cvorw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=hYaJVvCrAcqs1gaMjrKQAw&url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/03/visicalc-software-first-killer-app-john-naughton"><img src="//t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT5onty0zdic7Az3QXkzsG3wQt2A2tos bXDab3wrYmCyGjJDph600K_xEyJD0rh-jA2UB6Imyin" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"> The Guardian</a></td><td valign="top" class="j"> <div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNHKbBcW9cUEVQohU2wOV9ft5cvorw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=hYaJVvCrAcqs1gaMjrKQAw&url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/03/visicalc-software-first-killer-app-john-naughton">Why a simple spreadsheet spread like wildfire</a> The Guardian The target was the Apple-II because when Bricklin and Frankston took the idea to Dan Fylstra and Peter Jennings at Personal Software, all their Commodore PETs were busy being used by other programmers. .... When we were reviewing Visicalc as it was ... <a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dqyZKW8QPo-CGEM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"></a></div></td></tr></table>

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