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So Long Lotus 1-2-3: IBM Ceases Support after over 30 Years of Code

posted by LaminatorX on Friday October 03 2014, @10:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the 3-2-1 dept.

AnonTechie writes:

On Tuesday, with no fanfare, IBM closed the last chapter in the life of one of the most iconic early computer programs, Lotus 1-2-3, when it withdrew support for the final build of the software.

IBM Lotus 123 Millennium Edition, IBM Lotus SmartSuite 9.x, and Organizer have now officially all passed their end of life support date and, according to IBM's website, "No service extensions will be offered" ( http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS913-091 ) – not that anyone is seriously using the spreadsheet any more.

It's a sadly muted end for what was, at one time, the world's premier spreadsheet. Lotus 1-2-3 was one of the first applications that made IBM's original PC a serious business tool, but it fell by the wayside due to poor coding decisions, failure to adapt, and the crushing tactics of Microsoft.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/02/so_long_lotus_123_ibm_ceases_support_after_over_30_years_of_code/

 
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  • (Score: 2) by strattitarius on Friday October 03 2014, @04:41PM

    by strattitarius (3191) on Friday October 03 2014, @04:41PM (#101451) Journal
    Yes, forcing users to move to new software is far different from banning vi because you like emacs. This is doubly so if the software is out of support on an out of support OS.

    I would like to ban Adobe Acrobat Pro at work. It's only use is to create forms that probably should be somehow added to our computer systems so we can record the data in the database instead of being emailed around inside a PDF. But, I don't have time to keep up with all the feature requests, so I let that slide. At least until they hire me another IT person.
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