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Altoid

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Registered: 2017-05-07

Posts: 1,581  

Interesting news

Hello:

Saw this early today:

Original killer PC spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3 now runs on Linux natively
As Google guru who ported it points out, the operating system did not exist when 1-2-3 came out in 1983

See:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/25/ … x_appears/

And:
https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/linux123.html

I used it everyday many years ago at work, till DOS got killed and W3.10 was installed on the few available PCs.

Maybe it is finally gettings it's dues?   8^D!

A.

Last edited by Altoid (2022-05-25 19:06:35)

GlennW

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2019-07-18

Posts: 644  

Re: Interesting news

I used to use Lotus as well, way back... in the 90's

Thanks for the heads-up. I've been using OpenOffice so long now that I may not want to change.

But it's good to know when I'm spruking the benefits of GNU/Linux. :-)

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Camtaf

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Registered: 2019-11-19

Posts: 436  

Re: Interesting news

My computer course in 1994 used Lotus 1-2-3 & WordStar as its primary software, when I got a computer for myself I used WordStar & WordPerfect, with As-Easy-As, a Shareware version of Lotus 1-2-3.

When I started on Linux, I used SC, (Spreadsheet Calculator), a simple spreadsheet for the terminal; didn't need a word prossesor, so just used an editor, but I did use sqlite occasionally, for simple record keeping - ah, those were the days!