Before Excel there was VisiCalc: An interview with its creators

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9 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, there was a time when our computers were incapable of functioning like a calculator, a time before Microsoft Excel.
Enter Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston, two men who wanted to see their calculators come to life. By creating VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet, that's exactly what they did.
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@draxelchang5411 4 жыл бұрын

What a revolutionary idea. Absolute genius.

@excelisfun 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for the original epiphany and implementation of VisiCalc Bricklin and Frankston!!!!!

@user-vc6uk1eu8l 2 ай бұрын

I'm always fascinated with the pioneers in any technology! You have paved the path to the whole new industry! Great job, gentlemen!!

@bennyxxx 7 жыл бұрын

they made history

@xy_77 2 жыл бұрын

*The interface looks flawless! :)*

@AnandaSim 7 жыл бұрын

Fabulous getting to see my heroes

@williamogilvie6909 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed hearing their story in 1983 at a Boston Computer Society meeting. Mitch Kapor was there as well; to announce the launch of Lotus 123. If I remember correctly, these two talented people created Mother's spreadsheet as well.

@MySpreadsheetLab 8 жыл бұрын

I was young but I remember those days. My dad took me to a law office and I saw this massive computer. We begged him for a computer after that.

@grahamnichols1416 5 ай бұрын

Visicalc and Wordstar were THE killer apps of that era.

@brucesmith9144 7 ай бұрын

These guys are absolutely brilliant. By today’s standards, VisiCalc looks primitive, but their idea has been carried forward and amplified.

@re-do31 3 жыл бұрын

Muy interesante el video, el Excel o sea la hoja de calculo es una herramienta que uso cada día en mi trabajo ....

@scality4309 3 жыл бұрын

Visicalc and wordstar, running on CP/M.

@mauricetanquary2431 5 жыл бұрын

Opens 40 year old magazine Still has postcard in it

@frebrea Жыл бұрын

It is a great oportunity to Thanks them for the marvelous software and what that meant in those years. I used it a lot and was a great help, it solved me many problems and save a lot of work hours. Thank you very much!

@laletemanolete 7 жыл бұрын

And then LibreOffice Calc entered the grid.

@HarryHillMason 7 жыл бұрын

One of the creators looked so much like Hyde from That 70's Show when he was young ...

@HaiLeQuang 4 жыл бұрын

These guys single handedly create the finance industry.

@Turrican Жыл бұрын

These guys are 😎

@CaptainReedo40 2 жыл бұрын

So did they sell VisiCalc to Apple? Was there a liquidity event? Respectfully, the professors at HBS didn’t advise these guys to maybe monetize the software by partnering with a hardware manufacturer to scale up?

@lolkthnxbai Ай бұрын

No, these guys made millions since it was ported to multiple platforms. The software simply fell out of favor to better software, IBM's lotus 123 and the company went insolvent.

@AntonioLemos66 2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@hanniffydinn6019 7 жыл бұрын

So why in the fuck did lotus and excel corner the market ? Should've visacalc be a verb now???????????

@InfiniteUniverse88 4 жыл бұрын

How much money did they make off of this?

@lucalone 4 жыл бұрын

as far as I know: nothing! you could patent computer programs since 1983!!!

@wasabiajaponica5564 3 жыл бұрын

These kinda guys aren't in it for the money

@InfiniteUniverse88 3 жыл бұрын

Copyrights are better than patents because they last 30 years longer.

@FUKYFILM 6 жыл бұрын

They could be billionares ... But they are not

@stephanesonneville 5 жыл бұрын

They sold more than one million copies at $100...

@art163 5 жыл бұрын

And decades later he still wears the same shirt and bluejeans. cool =) // i remember my first time with SynCalc in Atari 800 XL miss the beeps of the 1050 reading the disk...

@daffyduk77 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, Bob's voice is muffled, a mike problem ? Dan's crystal clear

@edsonarantes7500 6 жыл бұрын

evolution of excel: Muliplan - VisiCalc - Symphony - Lotus 123 - Excel

@harryhenrygebel3506 6 жыл бұрын

The order is wrong, VisiCalc came out three years before Multiplan, and Symphony came out after 1-2-3. It should be VisiCalc - Multiplan - 1-2-3 - Symphony - Excel.