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ddvmor


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Spreadsheets are cool.  Nate'll tell you.


But did you know that Dan Bricklin, a programmer who invented spreadsheets was born on July 16, 1951?  Apparently they've only been around since 1979.



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Yeah that was VisiCalc back in '79. Spreadsheets are older than me!

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Wasn't it an Apple only application as well?  Would I be right in thinking that Lotus was the first one for PC.


Heh.  I'm a little bit older than spreadsheets. Only by a few years though...



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Is it worth noting that whilst 'spreadsheets' in their electronic format have been around for only a little while - the paper version they emulate, the Profit/loss or purchase ledger design dates back hundreds of years?


I may be a sad sad man after all...



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ddvmor wrote:
Spreadsheets are cool.  Nate'll tell you.
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where is nate, why hasnt he told me? oh woeee

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wow, the shrug emoticon is pretty crappy huh

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bonniepirateanne wrote:

where is nate, why hasnt he told me? oh woeee

Spreadsheets are cool, indeed.


Yeah, it looks like the original VisiCalc was for Apple-macs. This was a little before I started using them, which would ~1990. The first one I used was Quattro Pro, which compared to Excel, is even crappier than the 'shrug smiley'.


Here's some more info:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreadsheet


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc




Later, more powerful clones of VisiCalc were released including SuperCalc, Microsoft's MultiPlan, Borland's Quattro Pro, Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft Excel, the spreadsheet module of AppleWorks, gnumeric and OpenOffice.org Calc.


Beware the clone wars!!!.



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ddvmor wrote:

Wasn't it an Apple only application as well?  Would I be right in thinking that Lotus was the first one for PC.
It would appear VisiCalc was released for PCs before then.

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ddvmor


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Dammit.  I ain't gettin' nuffink right today!

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S'ok, JDK. You were pretty much on target.  

-- Edited by NateO at 23:03, 2005-07-18

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Heh, Bill Jelen has given $100 to spend at his book sale, tomorrow, very cool:


http://www.mrexcel.com/mvpcelebrationsale.html


So, one of the books I am getting is this:


http://www.mrexcel.com/ss25.html


So, I can tell you all about it once I finish it.


I'm pretty stoked about the Web Design disk:


http://www.mrexcel.com/learnwebdesign.shtml



 



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Erm, sorry about the delay, the book hasn't arrived as of yet.  

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So how many people on this board work in IT?



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ddvmor


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Dunno.  A fair number I think.


Personally, I'm not in IT per se, but I do an awful lot of IT stuff in my role.  I'm gonna start a new thread about jobs!



-- Edited by ddvmor at 09:58, 2005-07-22

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JonnyStead


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Somebody gonna validate me for my comment on the whole Profit/loss page thing or am I gonna have to throw a massive strop over here?

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Strop, please.

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Massive strop, please.

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JonnyStead


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The popcord in guy is so cool lol

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