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A certain millennial turned 30 recently: Welcome to middle age, Microsoft Excel v2

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Except that Excel is actually 32...

"Microsoft's legendary spreadsheet software was born in November 1987"

Except it wasn't.

Version 1 was 'born' in September 1985, making Excel thirty-two years old (and a couple of months). The article came close - it does mention that the Mac version came first, then completely fails to consider that a valid version of Excel. Nowhere in the title is there mention of it being the 30th birthday of only the Windows version. Did anyone fact-check or sub-edit this dross? It's a bit like saying Star Wars was released in 1980 because that's the Episode everyone likes best.

Oh wait. 2017. Trump. Alt-facts. Gotcha. I'm back on board now.

A/C (because the Windoze fan-things will moan...)

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