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To: Dan3 who wrote (165183)5/16/2002 1:49:55 AM
From: Bob Kim  Respond to of 186894
 
Re: Wingz was a killer app, that was murdered by microsoft

Wingz came from Informix and was never that successful although it had nice graphics. Wingz technology re-emerged in Claris' Resolve spreadsheet.

The first useful spreadsheet on the Mac was Microsoft Multiplan.



To: Dan3 who wrote (165183)5/16/2002 1:54:14 AM
From: The Duke of URLĀ©  Respond to of 186894
 
You lying twit.

Symphony was named because it was a collection of programs, a "symphony" of software. The spreadsheet it contained was lotus 123.

Jazz (as in "All that Jazz") was an outgrowth of symphony in that it to contained a collection of programs, but the spreadsheet was called Jazz, or sometimes early on "lotus 4,5,6".

The lisa in all forms was DISCONTINUED one month BEFORE jazz was released.

AND NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ORIGINAL INTENTIONALLY INCORRECT STATEMENT OTHER THAN TO BULLSHIY YOUR WAY OUT OF AN ANSWER OR TO COVER UP OR DIVERT ATTENTION FROM YOUR ORIGINAL LIE.



April, 1985

IBM abandons production of the IBM PCjr.
IBM PCjr (image)
The Macintosh XL (formerly called Lisa) is dropped from Apple Computer's product line.
Compaq Computer introduces the Compaq Deskpro 286 and Portable 286.

May, 1985

John Sculley essentially fires Steve Jobs at Apple Computer.
Microsoft introduces Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh.
Lotus Development releases Jazz for the Macintosh.
Microsoft demonstrates Microsoft Windows at Spring Comdex. Release date is set for June, at a price of

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To: Dan3 who wrote (165183)5/16/2002 2:26:04 AM
From: tcmay  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
"Wingz was a killer app, that was murdered by microsoft. ...I'm an eyewitness. "

I owned Wingz. It failed. More people bought Excel.

Get over it.

--Tim May