1983: Lotus begins selling its spreadsheet application for Microsoft DOS, called 1-2-3. 1-2-3 was not the first spreadsheet application — it was preceded by VisiCalc. But 1-2-3 quickly became the most ...
In the late 1970s and early 1980s electronic spreadsheet programs became important tools for computer-assisted reporting. Two of the first programs were VisiCalc and Lotus 1-2-3. The introduction of ...