Ed wrote on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 08:51:01 +1100:

EF See John Walkenbach's site
EF http://www.j-walk.com/ss/history/index.htm
EF for a brief history.

EF Ed Ferrero
EF http://www.edferrero.com

?? Hello, All!
??
?? While ruminating on missing (IMHO) features in Excel, it
?? occurred to me to wonder if anyone has written a history
?? of spreadsheets? I did not become familiar with
?? multipurpose spreadsheets until just before I retired and
?? I wondered how long after introduction were graphs added
?? to Excel and the like?
??
?? James Silverton
?? Potomac, Maryland, USA

Thank you; that page of Walkenbach's is a gateway to some very
interesting stuff! I should also admit that googling spreadsheet
history, as I should have done before asking, brought up more
than I ever needed to know!

James Silverton.