Is it the end of an era if virtually no one notices? That question seemed relevant last fall when IBM officially ended support for Lotus 1-2-3, which was once the world’s dominant spreadsheet program.

It’s not often that a table induces widespread panic, but a few years back “The Economist” managed to terrify people in professions around the world, including accountants, with a simple list of ...

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