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Originally Posted by Namekuseijin
you are one of those who thinks Microsoft invented spreadsheets, aren't you?
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No, I think Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston (VisiCalc) invented the first useful computer spreadsheet in 1979 (or at least, they are credited with it). Of course at that time, software could not be patented. And that's a shame really. While they made a double-fistfull of money, Lotus 123 stole the concept outright and put VisiCalc out of business.
Bricklin now runs a vanity site on the intertubes.
http://www.bricklin.com/
The less successful predecessors can be traced back to mainframes in 1961.