The history of spread sheets
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 |
The history of spread sheets
Hi James,
See John Walkenbach's site http://www.j-walk.com/ss/history/index.htm for a brief history. Ed Ferrero 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 |
The history of spread sheets
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. |
The history of spread sheets
James wrote to Ed Ferrero on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:08:12 -0500:
EF See John Walkenbach's site EF http://www.j-walk.com/ss/history/index.htm ?? I wondered how long after introduction were graphs added JS Thank you; that page of Walkenbach's is a gateway to some JS very interesting stuff! JS After investigating, it seems to me that Lotus 1-2-3 was JS the first computer spreadsheet to have graphics capability. JS Can anyone say if I am right or wrong? James Silverton Potomac, MD.. |
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