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by spicybright 1902 days ago
100% agree. There's a good reason spreadsheets have lasted since lotus 123 (1983) to now, you can get so much millage from the simple idea of of a grid of values.
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I think visicalc was the first general purpose widely used spreadsheet by the general population (office people/at home)
The argument could be made, that without VisiCalc there would be no iPhone (if you connect enough dots)