Within a few short years both WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 were almost completely knocked out of the marketplace.
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It helped push programs like Microsoft Word and Excel past once-seemingly invincible competitors such as WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3.
We became skilled at the arcane keystrokes of DOS commands and Lotus 1-2-3 in order to do productive work.
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Examples of assembly language software you may be familiar with are IBM PC DOS and the spreadsheet program Lotus 1-2-3.
WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3 and Netscape Navigator were good applications at the time.
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Some of the earliest information started flowing to Bauer in 1995, Bill Clinton was in his first term as president, when Lotus Development Corporation (Remember Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus Notes) was purchased by IBM.
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Called Y2K Scanner, this plug-in server module from Centennial works with Trend Micro's InterScan VirusWall to discover Y2K flaws in files created by spreadsheets, such as Lotus' 1-2-3 and Microsoft's Excel, as well as files from databases, such as Microsoft's Access and Inprise's dBase.
In 2010, Mr Fernandes revived the Lotus brand in Formula 1 racing, having obtained a licence from Group Lotus to race as Lotus Racing.
"We found a great partnership with a brand like Lotus which has a huge history in Formula 1, " Lotus chairman Gerard Lopez said.
Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell are among the drivers who have previously raced Renault-powered Lotus cars in Formula 1.
In the first half of 1999 Lotus gained 7.4 million new users to Microsoft's 8.1 million, according to market researcher International Data Corp.
Based in Enstone, England, the highly skilled Lotus team designs, builds, maintains, tests, and races the Lotus Formula One Team car, which can travel from zero to 60 miles per hour in 1.6 seconds.
Renault no longer has its own Formula 1 team, though its Renault Sport F1 division supplies engines to Caterham as well as to the Lotus F1 team, which is run by Group Lotus.
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