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A comment on VisiCalc: Information from Its Creators, Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston.
I have been in a meeting that Bob was also in, but that was over 20 years ago too - and VisiCalc felt like a long time ago even then.
I do like that this older stuff is being preserved at least for a little while.
I’ve worked on things that have left no lasting impression and things that are in use decades later - I prefer the latter outcome
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I have been in a meeting that Bob was also in, but that was over 20 years ago too - and VisiCalc felt like a long time ago even then.
I do like that this older stuff is being preserved at least for a little while.
I’ve worked on things that have left no lasting impression and things that are in use decades later - I prefer the latter outcome