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The First Killer App: VisiCalc

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday September 4, 2005 @03:14AM from the before-excel-before-lotus dept.

Sabah Arif writes "The first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc, helped transform the Apple II from a home computer into a business computer. Without VisiCalc, it is possible IBM would not have introduced the IBM PC in 1981. Read about the software at VisiCalc's creator Dan Bricklin's site and a brief history at Braeburn."

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How many Visicalc stories do we need? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-04 04:00 · Score: -1, Flamebait

How many Visicalc stories do we need? There's one here , one here, and one here. What's new in this story that isn't covered in-depth in the others?