In remembering, and celebrating the passing of Lotus 1-2-3, I did manage to find some Spanish copies of evaluations of Version 2.0 and 2.2. I grew up with Lotus 1-2-3 on MS-DOS, and although I didn’t use it much and don’t have a copy of it anymore (as the disks were disposed of before I realized their value), there’s not much I can do about that. I’m sure hardcore spreadsheet users would appreciate this as one of the pivotal moments in spreadsheet history, even if it is was a long time coming. Lotus 1-2-3 was officially discontinued by IBM, which acquired Lotus in 1995, on 30th September 2014, to very little fanfare. Their lack of consideration for graphical user interfaces led them to fall behind, providing an opportunity for Microsoft Excel to take over. It enjoyed the premier position until the mid 1990s, when problems with their release schedule and resource requirements started to become problematic, and Microsoft Windows started to take traction. First released in 26 January 1983 for MS-DOS, it was feature rich, as well as high performance compared to its contemporaries, and easily overtook VisiCalc, MultiPlan and SuperCalc.
Lotus 1-2-3 was one of the major spreadsheet software packages that propelled the PC to the forefront of business.
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