Re: The first spread sheet was a program called visicalc, which I think first ran on apple.
Yes, and, like pretty much all of the non-graphical interface programs, it was replaced by GUI apps. Jazz was designed for Lisa, was the first integrated office suite, and never went much of anywhere, because it was too cumbersome for the machines of its time.
Wingz was designed for the Mac, had a very sophisticated set of functions integrated into it, and did well for some time.
We used them all, found Wingz to be far superior to Excel, but it's interface speed on windows was so slow (especially compared to Excel) that its rich set of features weren't easily used.
Really - I was there, I saw this ugly little action by Microsoft play out with my own eyes among our staff. Microsoft's use of hidden api features to boost Excel came out in one of the early anti-trust trials.
You continue to prove
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