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26 mar 2024 · VisiCalc established spreadsheets as a must-have business tool and helped drive early personal computer adoption. By 1983, VisiCalc commanded an astonishing 85% market share of all spreadsheet software running on personal computers according to market research firm Future Computing.
2 cze 2019 · It's the 40th anniversary of VisiCalc, the first popular spreadsheet program, and the anniversary has prompted some new remembrances of the killer app that, true to its "power to the people" origins, got people playing with data – and, by popularizing personal computers, helped to change the world.
VisiCalc ("visible calculator") [1] is the first spreadsheet computer program for personal computers, [2] originally released for the Apple II by VisiCorp on October 17, 1979. [1][3] It is considered the killer application for the Apple II, [4] turning the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a serious business tool, and then...
21 maj 2019 · Other financial and accounting programs had long existed but VisiCalc was the first with the modern spreadsheet interface.
13 lip 2019 · VisiCalc, the world’s first spreadsheet, took the nascent personal computing world by storm, and just as suddenly ceased to exist—in the process, writes Christopher Mims, it transformed how ...
18 lip 2019 · In the case of VisiCalc, accountants shifted from centuries-old practice of handwritten ledgers to a digital spreadsheet on a personal computer. Which leads to the second lesson, which is that “a killer app doesn’t guarantee enduring success.”
18 sty 2017 · For spreadsheet experts, VisiCalc wasn’t enough, and the updated version for IBM PC didn’t win over many new users. The boom was betting bigger on IBM, and Mitch’s Lotus 1–2–3 was the ...
