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It started with VisiCalc...Just a few links. |
- VisiCalc: Information From Its Creators,
Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston
Lots of interesting information here. You can also download a copy of VisiCalc. - A Brief History of Spreadsheets
By Daniel Power. - Dan Bricklin's biography
Co-developer of VisiCalc, the "father of the spreadsheet" - Excel Version
History - DEAD LINK
Interesting stuff from Microsoft. Well, it WAS interesting. Like many things on Microsoft's web site, this has disappeared. Click here for a broad overview. - From VisiCalc to Excel
A short MPEG movie file (1-meg) that morphs VisiCalc and Excel -
Frontline Systems:
Spreadsheet Solver Company History
The company that developed Solver - Lotus 1-2-3 Release History
- Linux Spreadsheets:
Historical Background
By Christopher B. Brown - Early History of the Spreadsheet
By Richard Mattessich -
Major Markets - Word Processors and Spreadsheets
A chapter from Winners, Losers, and Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology, by Stan Liebowitz - PC Webopaedia
The Spreadsheet entry - Quattro Pro Release History
- VisiCalc: The History of the First Spreadsheet
- www.visicalc.com