VisiCalc Creator Developing WikiCalc 139
An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet has an article about a new wiki that is trying to combine the collaboration of wiki technology and the data manipulation attributes of a spreadsheet. The creator of VisiCalc, Dan Bricklin, is working on an alpha version of WikiCalc for sometime late in February." From the article: "'It holds a lot of promise, both because it's using the spreadsheet metaphor, which is the one thing people know for working with quantitative information and because 'there's nobody better in the world to build this thing,' said Ross Mayfield, CEO of collaboration software maker SocialText. To Mayfield, WikiCalc is the answer to a problem that has been percolating for some time in the world of IT. That is, he said, that spreadsheets have traditionally been a single-user application screaming for functionality that could let multiple people edit data quickly and easily. "
Yup, exactly what buisness needs (Score:5, Funny)
Hell, why not just a regular wiki anyway? I figure 90-95% of all the spreadsheets I see don't do any calculations, they're just used as a way to put things in columns.
Prior art? (Score:5, Funny)
a new wiki that is trying to combine the collaboration of wiki technology and the data manipulation attributes of a spreadsheet.
Isn't that how Enron ran its entire accounting department?
WikiCalc (Score:5, Funny)
I don't even understand what that means (Score:3, Funny)
Careful where you tread... (Score:5, Funny)
WikiPoop (Score:3, Funny)
Microsoft Products ..... (Score:0, Funny)
You must be new here. So, I'll explain, Microsoft is Evil. Apple is Good. Google is in Pergatory.
Gates is Satan, Jobs is God. McNeally of SUN, is good even though he is a MBA. Bill Joy, another God. Metcalf another member of the Panteon. You will learn about the others. Unfortunately, it will cost you moderation points and, maybe, have to post at -1 until you start another account.
Re:WikiPoop (Score:2, Funny)
Re:a way to put things in columns (Score:3, Funny)
Wiki (Score:4, Funny)
Next up: Wordstar (Score:4, Funny)
Oh how I love all the recent computing innovation!
Time to start registering domain names! (Score:3, Funny)
Let's see: WikiWord and WikiPoint and WikiPencil and WikiDraw and WikiPaint and WikiShop and WikiPage and WikiWeaver and.......
Re:WikiPoop (Score:1, Funny)