Meet the Guy Who Holds the Guinness World Record For Collecting Spreadsheets (fastcompany.com)

harrymcc writes: Ariel Fischman, a financial advisor in Mexico City, has been using spreadsheet software for 30 years. And in recent years he's been collecting it: VisiCalc, 1-2-3, Excel, Quattro, and lesser lights in their once-familiar boxes, in a dizzying array of variants stretching back to the 1970s. Last year, Guinness World Records certified that his collection is without peer. I recently spoke to him about it -- starting with the obvious question -- Why spreadsheets? -- for Fast Company.

Comments

He's not collecting spreadsheets

[Patent Lover]

He's collecting spreadsheet software.

Re: Wow

[amicusNYCL]

The person who wrote this article does not know what a spreadsheet is. What he has collected is about 800 copies of various versions of applications that create spreadsheets.

The person who wrote the article gets it correct once:

Fischman collects spreadsheet software - boxes full of disks, manuals, and other accoutrements that were standard fare in every office until we started downloading most of our apps.

It goes downhill from there:

Why don’t we start with the most obvious question. Why spreadsheets?
Once one sets out to collect spreadsheets, where does one get them?
How many spreadsheets do you have?
Is there such a thing as a valuable spreadsheet?
VisiCalc, the PC spreadsheet that started it all.