The PC’s first killer app, Lotus 1-2-3, is beginning its long walk into the sunset. IBM officially announced that support for the software will be winding down starting next month.
It’s been an incredible journey for the once-powerful spreadsheet program. It successfully took the reigns from VisiCalc, the first killer app, and dominated the IBM PC market back in the mid-1980s. Lots of people back then purchased a PC simply to run 1-2-3.
The program’s death began in the early 1990s, when it became obvious that Microsoft was switching from DOS to Windows. 1-2-3 never made the transition.
