20 Jul
2008
20 Jul
'08
6:53 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
WordStar, CP/M were also-rans? Seems to me that the
also-rans pretty
much obliterated VisiCalc sales before too long (e.g. SuperCalc,
Multiplan, Microplan and a host of others). If you want to set a
really high bar, then Lotus 1-2-3 might be the "first" with VisiCalc
just a bit player.
Well, that was basically my point. If you set the bar for "commercial
success" at an arbitrary point, you get an arbitrary "first".