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by jacquesm 4003 days ago
Yes, sheet was pretty good. (As was word!), but Excel really had the edge there, even when it first came out.

It's the one product by MS that stood out as being best-in-class straight from day one.
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pjc50 4003 days ago
.. by being a careful GUI clone of the existing successful product, Lotus 1-2-3. Right down to being largely formula-compatible and having the same hotkeys. That's why F2 is "edit current cell".
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agumonkey 4002 days ago
Excel was so nice I wrote my documents in it. I wonder how much of Microsoft was built on its fame.
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