I sometimes wonder if the spreadsheet (or really the modern office suite with word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation maker) form was more or less inevitable given how desktop/laptop functionality evolved. And how much they influenced each other.
Obviously, these aren't the only programs that people use but individual bells and whistles aside, all the products in this space looked more alike than different by the early- to mid-80s. Even the advent of Windows didn't really change the basic model all that much.
Obviously, these aren't the only programs that people use but individual bells and whistles aside, all the products in this space looked more alike than different by the early- to mid-80s. Even the advent of Windows didn't really change the basic model all that much.