cquirke wrote :-

Lotus were "eaten" by IBM in a hostile takeover; I think IBM wanted
Lotus Notes and left the rest to crumble away.

Predators! Asset strippers??

Didn't Lotus buy-out Improv too, Chris? Still got my original (very
expensive) retail Lotus Improv floppies (1993) and the 'real' User Manual -
those were the days when the packaging was full. Improv always seemed (to
me) more intuitive than 1-2-3 and/or Excel. But then Lotus killed Improv.
Nothing new under the sun then?

Mart


"cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" wrote in
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On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 22:18:17 +0100, "Joan Archer"

g I remember them, I got Lotus SmartSuite when I got my first machine in
1998 g

Mart wrote:

BTW - Whatever happened to Lotus? - That was good stuff 'til MS
knocked them off their perch.

Old "Pink"-era joke:

Q: What do you get if you cross Apple with IBM?
A: IBM

Lotus were "eaten" by IBM in a hostile takeover; I think IBM wanted
Lotus Notes and left the rest to crumble away.



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