Westside guy said:Hey, I remember a spreadsheet called Multiplan (I think I have the name right) that a certain small little Redmond software company wrote for the Apple II way back in the day. Probably predates all this stuff.
VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet app made for the Apple II. Written by two fellers who called themselves Software Arts Inc.
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