Yes, it was.

The Windows versions always had "Help for 123 users" in the Help menu, and
there was always Microsoft Multiplan...

There are other quite good exceptions to the rule, including Microsoft
Visual Basic which was a bit of a revelation at the time.

2009/10/27 Fearghas McKay <[email protected]>

>
> On 27 Oct 2009, at 18:32, Brian Butterworth wrote:
>
>  totally copy the leading product in the market and then when people buy it
>> from you, improve and lock em in (as Excel did to 123,
>>
>
> ummmm
>
> as I remember back in the day, which was a while ago, Excel was initially a
> MacOS application...
>
> How does that affect your model?
>
>
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