Reasons why Lotus was better than Excel

[RoryA]

Why does everyone refer to it as "Lotus", when the product name is actually 1-2-3?

Lotus (prior to its acquisition by IBM) was a company, so surely it's like referrring to Excel as "Microsoft" ... ?

DominicB

Microsoft has been known to refer to Excel as 'Microsoft Office Excel'...

 

[milesUK]

Dominic, you seem to have fallen into that trap yourself.

I discovered this option back in XL97 after years of Lotus use, and turned it off again about a minute later never to be used again

I almost did - i only added the '123' as an afterthought.

 

[DominicB]

Why does everyone refer to it as "Lotus", when the product name is actually 1-2-3?

Well spotted Miles - I did emphasize the "everyone" for a reason, but normally I do try and refer to it as 1-2-3, but am ashamed to say I slipped up on this occasion - and I can't even deny it

DominicB

 

[milesUK]

"The person who never made a mistake never made anything!"

And on that basis my productivity should be sky high!