Lotus 1-2-3 for UNIX (from 1990) ported to Linux

Date:
Sun, 22 May 2022 05:16:23 GMT

Description:
Not a joke. Really happened. The story is fascinating.

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This is absolutely amazing.

Remember Lotus 1-2-3? The legendary spreadsheet program from the 1980s and 90s?

Well someone (a mad scientist named Tavis Ormandy ) just found an incredibly rare UNIX version and ported it, without access to the full source code, to modern Linux. This shouldnt be possible. But it is. Which means the
Universe is awesome.

I should take a moment to emphasis something:

Lotus 1-2-3 for UNIX was released for UNIX System V/386 in 1990.

Linux did not exist in 1990.

Chew on that for a moment.

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Link to news story: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/lotus-1-2-3-for-unix-from-1990-ported


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