Lotus 1-2-3
part of Lotus
3 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 22, 2024 by Ben Gilbert · said 20 times in 4 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Apr 22, 2024
Software makers must target platform shifts rather than fight entrenched incumbents
“You kind of have to counter position. If one, two, three is the best spreadsheet out there for the current technology generation, you just can't compete with them. You need to wait for the next big leap forward in order to find a new competitive vector.”
Apr 22, 2024 neutral
Apr 22, 2024 neutral
Microsoft's copycat apps could not win without major platform shifts
“The Microsoft versions never actually won until there was a platform shift that they could take advantage of to beat the incumbent. Like, Microsoft wasn't gonna beat Lotus one, two, three until the graphical paradigm came along, and then Excel being graphical …”