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Damn, that's interesting!

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Excel started development thousands of years ago (www.datafix.com.au)
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In actuality, this is fascinating! A spreadsheet from a time when dates were referenced by the conclusions of major events. Wonder if someone got back paid for their ancestors' work developing excel though πŸ˜‰

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[–] OuterRem@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I honestly think that some systems of organization are hard-wired into us, and therefore inevitable. The table or spreadsheet is a perfect example of this.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

More than likely it’s because once you start to need to keep track of many things and what their calculations are you need a way to organize them. This is the outcome. Pretty cool.

[–] Volkditty@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Pivot tables are what separate us from the ape.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I usually trace it back to VisiCalc.