Both VisiCalc and MultiPlan were available when the IBM PC shipped in October 1981. 1-2-3 didn't hit the market until January 1983.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You know, IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing.
When I was finishing grad school, the hot new PC was the IBM 286. Bulky. Immobile. Expensive. I touched-typed easily and quickly, but nevertheless, I realized that the machine was a chain.
IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film.
The first PC that I actually bought myself was a Toshiba Papman in 1985. This model was one of the very first laptops; I remember that it was a revolution at the time!
IBM decided they were going to enter the copying business in 1968.
I think there will be PCs at every price point.
IBM has a very solid business image.
Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.
There were no PCs when I started programming on computers.
IBM existed a good 50 years before mainframes - we started with scales.