Re^2: Look 'n' feel 'n' Lotus

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From: Major
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 1990 02:06

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cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes:

| >[Glen Everhart (who should know) says spreadsheet user interfactes
| >are trivial]
| 
| I guess I'm not understanding the point here: if it is a
| zero-creativity, unimportant nobrainer, then why would anyone take
| Lotus's?  If it is so easy to invent, and implement, your own, why not
| just do it and not use someone else's?

Because, while making it is easy, learning to use it is not. Lotus
have invested next to nothing in the interface, the USERS on the
other hand have invested a fortune in training etc. Why should Lotus
have the benefit of the users' investment?

Note also that the user interface is not just a command set but a
programming language. Users (not Lotus) have also invested a fortune
in creating macros based on that language. Again, why should Lotus
have the benefit of the users' investment?


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