← Back to context Comment by drob518 7 hours ago Isn’t that what reinvention means? 4 comments drob518 Reply freedomben 6 hours ago I suppose that's fair, and I concede, though I think you can play with the definition enough to make anything spreadsheet (even GUIs and webapps) be "reinvention" of visicalc, so I think the term is actually pretty meaningless. drob518 5 hours ago My point was, it's a spreadsheet in a term window. That's basically what VisiCalc was in the 80s. freedomben 4 hours ago Appreciate the clarification, and sorry, I wasn't trying to be a pedantic pain in the ass :-) 1 reply →
freedomben 6 hours ago I suppose that's fair, and I concede, though I think you can play with the definition enough to make anything spreadsheet (even GUIs and webapps) be "reinvention" of visicalc, so I think the term is actually pretty meaningless. drob518 5 hours ago My point was, it's a spreadsheet in a term window. That's basically what VisiCalc was in the 80s. freedomben 4 hours ago Appreciate the clarification, and sorry, I wasn't trying to be a pedantic pain in the ass :-) 1 reply →
drob518 5 hours ago My point was, it's a spreadsheet in a term window. That's basically what VisiCalc was in the 80s. freedomben 4 hours ago Appreciate the clarification, and sorry, I wasn't trying to be a pedantic pain in the ass :-) 1 reply →
freedomben 4 hours ago Appreciate the clarification, and sorry, I wasn't trying to be a pedantic pain in the ass :-) 1 reply →
I suppose that's fair, and I concede, though I think you can play with the definition enough to make anything spreadsheet (even GUIs and webapps) be "reinvention" of visicalc, so I think the term is actually pretty meaningless.
My point was, it's a spreadsheet in a term window. That's basically what VisiCalc was in the 80s.
Appreciate the clarification, and sorry, I wasn't trying to be a pedantic pain in the ass :-)
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