Excel < Lotus
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, Feb 24 2012 08:17 PM
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#7
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 24 February 2012 - 09:17 PM
Once upon a time, when computers were young, we worked in a world called DOS. Within that world, Lotus was the king of the spreadsheet.
But there was a problem with DOS. For you see, DOS was a world that could only run one program at a time. Then along came Microsoft with its Windows application. And in Windows, you could "multi task" and have both your spreadsheet and word processor programs available to you at the same time. And the people were happy because they liked being able to access more than one program at a time.
However there was one small problem with Windows. It didn't really like DOS based applications. And while you could run a DOS based app from within Windows, it didn't do it easily. The good people at Microsoft though had a solution for this. They called it Excel. This was a spreadsheet that ran in Windows. It wasn't as good as what they had in the past, but it worked better in their new multi tasking world.
Sadly, Lotus and it's spreadsheet, which once was king, was pushed aside for the Windows world and its Excel.
But there was a problem with DOS. For you see, DOS was a world that could only run one program at a time. Then along came Microsoft with its Windows application. And in Windows, you could "multi task" and have both your spreadsheet and word processor programs available to you at the same time. And the people were happy because they liked being able to access more than one program at a time.
However there was one small problem with Windows. It didn't really like DOS based applications. And while you could run a DOS based app from within Windows, it didn't do it easily. The good people at Microsoft though had a solution for this. They called it Excel. This was a spreadsheet that ran in Windows. It wasn't as good as what they had in the past, but it worked better in their new multi tasking world.
Sadly, Lotus and it's spreadsheet, which once was king, was pushed aside for the Windows world and its Excel.
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 24 February 2012 - 09:31 PM
Once upon a time, when computers were young, we worked in a world called DOS. Within that world, Lotus was the king of the spreadsheet.
But there was a problem with DOS. For you see, DOS was a world that could only run one program at a time. Then along came Microsoft with its Windows application. And in Windows, you could "multi task" and have both your spreadsheet and word processor programs available to you at the same time. And the people were happy because they liked being able to access more than one program at a time.
However there was one small problem with Windows. It didn't really like DOS based applications. And while you could run a DOS based app from within Windows, it didn't do it easily. The good people at Microsoft though had a solution for this. They called it Excel. This was a spreadsheet that ran in Windows. It wasn't as good as what they had in the past, but it worked better in their new multi tasking world.
Sadly, Lotus and it's spreadsheet, which once was king, was pushed aside for the Windows world and its Excel.
Don't forget about VisiCalc!
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- VibeGuide
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VibeGuide
Posted 24 February 2012 - 09:51 PM
I hate the Ribbon in MS-Access. Hate it.
But I have some CPA friends say that the new Excel has features they can't live without now.
To be fair, I don't so as much spreadsheet work as I used to, so I may not be a fair judge of Excel 2010. I learned spreadsheets on Lotus and wish it were still an option because I could never get accustomed to Excel. It always left me wanting to beat my head against my desk.
But as far as that damned Ribbon goes, Bill Gates can stick it straight up his arse. I can't stand it. It takes me forever to do anything in Word now.
#19
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 03:00 PM
Once upon a time, when computers were young, we worked in a world called DOS. Within that world, Lotus was the king of the spreadsheet.
But there was a problem with DOS. For you see, DOS was a world that could only run one program at a time. Then along came Microsoft with its Windows application. And in Windows, you could "multi task" and have both your spreadsheet and word processor programs available to you at the same time. And the people were happy because they liked being able to access more than one program at a time.
However there was one small problem with Windows. It didn't really like DOS based applications. And while you could run a DOS based app from within Windows, it didn't do it easily. The good people at Microsoft though had a solution for this. They called it Excel. This was a spreadsheet that ran in Windows. It wasn't as good as what they had in the past, but it worked better in their new multi tasking world.
Sadly, Lotus and it's spreadsheet, which once was king, was pushed aside for the Windows world and its Excel.
I still remember / f s to save the lotus spreadsheet. It was great for accounting back in the 80's.
i never caught on to excel but i ran a DOS based version of lotus 123 for years at work.
everytime i hear of lotus the first thing that pops into my head is /fr
#21
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- VibeTribe
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 03:13 PM
I suppose a mention of dBase II is appropriate.
I've been helping on a data migration project where part of the institutional data is in a piece of software built on dBaseII. Converted it into SQL Server so I could grab the data needed
I've been helping on a data migration project where part of the institutional data is in a piece of software built on dBaseII. Converted it into SQL Server so I could grab the data needed
