Start with a Niche

Re:Start with a Niche by user-the-name on Monday February 22, 2021 @12:27PM (#26227264)

> Radio (1895)

> VisiCalc (Excel predecessor, 1979)

> Facebook (2004)

This is an... interesting version of technological innovation history.

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Re:Start with a Niche by trestenhortz on Monday February 22, 2021 @12:49PM (#26227614)

“Excel predecessor”. Harsh description of the invention of spreadsheet software.

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Re:Start with a Niche by hinkley on Monday February 22, 2021 @04:01PM (#26230551)

The Lord of the Rings (A Song of Ice and Fire predecessor)

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Re:Start with a Niche by skeeter2020 on Monday February 22, 2021 @06:41PM (#26232146)

or "Something to keep us entertained until they made those Conan Movies"

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Re:Start with a Niche by tablet on Monday February 22, 2021 @01:00PM (#26227813)

New generation does not remember it... but I agree

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Re:Start with a Niche by giantg2 on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:27PM (#26229260)

To the victor goes history.

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Re:Start with a Niche by hinkley on Monday February 22, 2021 @04:03PM (#26230587)

I'm pretty sure if you use a fat enough marker, or a wide enough brush, you could create a picture where visicalc leads to the ARM M1 processor.

There are victors, and there are victors.

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