Software Arts develops the first spreadsheet program, Visicalc, by the spring of 1979. It is released in October and is an immediate success. Copies shipped per month rise from 500 to 12,000 ...
The credit goes to VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program for PCs, released in 1979 for Apple II. Launched a few years later, Lotus 1-2-3 became even more popular in the 1980s - until Microsoft ...