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End of an Era: After a 30 Year Run, IBM Drops Support For Lotus 1-2-3

Posted by timothy on from the final-death-knell-is-the-best-one dept.

klubar writes Although it has been fading for years, the final death knell came recently for the iconic Lotus 1-2-3. In many ways, Lotus 1-2-3 launched the PC era (and ensured the Apple II success), and once was a serious competitor for Excel (and prior to that Multiplan and VisiCalc). Although I doubt if anyone is creating new Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets, I'm sure there are spreadsheets still being used who trace their origin to Lotus 1-2-3, and even Office 2013 still has some functions and key compatibility with Lotus 1-2-3. Oh, how far the mighty have fallen.

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  1. Oh rly? by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 4, Funny

    So it was Lotus 1-2-3 that made the Apple ][ a success. Good to know after all these years.

    1. Re:Oh rly? by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 3, Funny

      I still have a red mark on my forehead from the facepalm.

  2. Goodby Lotus 1-2-3.... by bobbied · · Score: 4, Funny

    Goodby Lotus 1-2-3 in 3 - 2 - 1.....

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  3. Re:The decline started with OS/2 by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 4, Funny

    One of my gripes with OS/2 is that Windows software was even more unstable under OS/2 than under pure Windows. They didn't trash the whole system, but they did take down every Windows program when they crashed. OS/2 was rock solid running its native apps. Both of them.

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  4. Re: The decline started with OS/2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love lotus notes. . Long live the Domino server!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  5. Re: The decline started with OS/2 by Jack+Malmostoso · · Score: 3, Funny

    The internet really is home to the worse perversions...