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Re:How to Report a Bug to Microsoft by partycoder on Friday May 26, 2017 @05:21PM (#14427280)
"DOS ain't done 'til Lotus won't run".

- Microsoft

The reason you are all using MS Excel today.

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Re:How to Report a Bug to Microsoft by throwawaykf09 on Friday May 26, 2017 @06:04PM (#14427535)
> "DOS ain't done 'til Lotus won't run".

Likely apocryphal: http://www.proudlyserving.com/archives/2005/08/dos_aint_done...

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Re:How to Report a Bug to Microsoft by bboreham on Saturday May 27, 2017 @09:52AM (#14430046)
Nah; Lotus got very defocused on new C++ and cross-platform spreadsheets. Maybe Microsoft misled them on the relative importance of OS/2 vs Windows, but to my eyes it was a classic case of too much money leading to a focus on abstract high-level issues leading to bad software.

Still, it took years for 123 to really fade away, at which point Lotus was all about Notes.

Source: I worked on the X (Open Look and Motif) versions of 123 around 1990-1992.

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Re:How to Report a Bug to Microsoft by partycoder on Saturday May 27, 2017 @09:59AM (#14430070)
What are your thoughts on Quattro Pro?
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Re:How to Report a Bug to Microsoft by bboreham on Saturday May 27, 2017 @10:14AM (#14430132)
I don't believe I've ever set eyes on it running.

Kudos to the team that got it to work, though: at the time it was probably the biggest C++ PC program ever.

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