undefined | Better HN

0 pointsjacquesm10y ago0 comments

Yes, sheet was pretty good. (As was word!), but Excel really had the edge there, even when it first came out.

It's the one product by MS that stood out as being best-in-class straight from day one.

0 comments

.. by being a careful GUI clone of the existing successful product, Lotus 1-2-3. Right down to being largely formula-compatible and having the same hotkeys. That's why F2 is "edit current cell".

agumonkey10y ago

Excel was so nice I wrote my documents in it. I wonder how much of Microsoft was built on its fame.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsjacquesm10y ago0 comments

Yes, sheet was pretty good. (As was word!), but Excel really had the edge there, even when it first came out.

It's the one product by MS that stood out as being best-in-class straight from day one.

0 comments

pjc5010y ago

.. by being a careful GUI clone of the existing successful product, Lotus 1-2-3. Right down to being largely formula-compatible and having the same hotkeys. That's why F2 is "edit current cell".

agumonkey10y ago

Excel was so nice I wrote my documents in it. I wonder how much of Microsoft was built on its fame.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse