The grand-daddy of spreadsheets, and still available today in its original glory: VisiCalc Executable for the IBM PC.
Another early spreadsheet was Multiplan, which really was quite advanced for its day, offering linked sheets and other powerful concepts. See A Brief History of Spreadsheets
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. (Helen Keller)
VisiCalc answered the often-heard question of the 1970's about microcomputers: "What are they good for?"
--BigDumbDinosaur
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