![]() It was then that Microsoft decided to bring Excel into the market, replacing Multiplan. However, IBM’s Lotus 1-2-3 easily outsold Multiplan on the MS Dos (Microsoft Disk Operating System). VisiCalc was the first electronic program created for personal computers. The story of Excel dates back to 1982, when its predecessor, Multiplan, was marketed by Microsoft to compete against another spreadsheet program, VisiCalc. In September of 2015 on the 30th anniversary of Microsoft Excel Debra Dalgleish of Contextures wrote a history packed blog post cover the fist thirty years of what is today the only spreadsheet that matters on a global scale. Now that’s great power! Be it the Mac on the PC, as far as spreadsheets go, Microsoft Excel holds complete monopoly. With the power of VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), that can be integrated into it Excel commands legions of dedicated power-users who swear by this application. Now Microsoft Excel can handle hundreds of millions of records. ![]() In its current format, Microsoft Excel 2016 (Both Windows & the Mac), delivers a game changing relational database via Microsoft’s Power BI. You wonder whatever happened to Lotus 123 and other products that once seemed to rival Microsoft Excel. Today, only talk of an electronic spreadsheet and Microsoft Excel quickly comes to mind. ![]()
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