On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, curious wrote:
> so I'm just going to mention the errors make a small remark then move on
> :)
>
> > > fufilling what they percived customers wanted... note: Macintosh computers
> > > probably wouln't have grown as fast as they did in the begining if it
> > > wasn't for Microsoft Excel
> >
> > WHAT?? Excel wasn't available for Mac until what, 1998??
>
> Ahh something I know about... YIPPIE!! MS Excel came out on the Macintosh
> platform BEFORE any other platform... and it came out aleast sometime
> around the MacPlus which would be around 87-89 range since it was one of
> the reasons my dad BAUGHT a mac in the first place :)
Actually, it shipped in September 1985. It followed Multiplan which
shipped in 1984.
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