Lotus Development Corporation
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Lotus Development Corporation was a pioneering American software company best known for creating the influential spreadsheet program Lotus 1-2-3, which dominated the business software market in the 1980s.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
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software company → |
| acquiredBy | IBM → |
| activeInDecade |
1980s
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1990s → |
| areaServed | worldwide → |
| competitor |
Ashton-Tate
→
Borland → Microsoft → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
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| dateOfAcquisition | 1995 → |
| developed |
collaboration software
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groupware software → office suite software → |
| dissolved | 2000s → |
| focus |
business applications for personal computers
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groupware and collaboration tools → spreadsheet software → |
| foundedAs | Lotus Development Corporation → |
| foundedBy |
Jonathan Sachs
→
Mitchell Kapor →
surface form: "Mitch Kapor"
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| foundedInCity |
City of Cambridge
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surface form: "Cambridge"
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| foundedInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| foundedInState | Massachusetts → |
| genre |
business software
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productivity software → |
| headquartersLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts → |
| inception | 1982 → |
| industry | software industry → |
| keyPerson |
Jim Manzi
→
Mitchell Kapor →
surface form: "Mitch Kapor"
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| locatedIn |
Massachusetts
→
United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
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| notableEvent | acquisition by IBM in 1995 → |
| notableFor |
Lotus 1-2-3 dominating spreadsheet market in 1980s
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business software for personal computers → |
| notableWork | Lotus 1-2-3 → |
| operatingSystemTarget |
MS-DOS
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Windows →
surface form: "Microsoft Windows"
OS/2 → |
| parentOrganization | IBM → |
| product |
Lotus 1-2-3
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Lotus Notes → Lotus SmartSuite → Lotus Symphony → |
| stockExchangeListing | NASDAQ → |
| tickerSymbol | LOTS → |
Referenced by (11)
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