On January 2, 1978, Software Arts was founded by Dan Bricklin (
http://www.bricklin.com/default.htm) and Bob Frankston (
http://www.frankston.com/public/Bob_Frankston_Bio.asp) to create an electronic spreadsheet. In June of 1979, the product of their collaboration, VisiCalc (
http://www.bricklin.com/visicalc.htm), made its official debut, and the personal computer was transformed. VisiCalc has faded into software history, but it was the clear ancestor of Microsoft Excel.
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*Source: News.com (
http://www.news.com/8301-13953_3-991...tag=nefd.top)*
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