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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lotus Development Corporation canonical | 26 |
| Lotus Approach | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
ⓘ
software company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | IBM ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| competitor |
Ashton-Tate
ⓘ
Borland ⓘ Microsoft ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfAcquisition | 1995 ⓘ |
| developed |
collaboration software
ⓘ
groupware software ⓘ office suite software ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2000s ⓘ |
| focus |
business applications for personal computers
ⓘ
groupware and collaboration tools ⓘ spreadsheet software ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Lotus Development Corporation self-link ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jonathan Sachs
ⓘ
Mitchell Kapor ⓘ
surface form:
Mitch Kapor
|
| foundedInCity |
City of Cambridge
ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge
|
| foundedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedInState | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| genre |
business software
ⓘ
productivity software ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| inception | 1982 ⓘ |
| industry | software industry ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Jim Manzi
ⓘ
Mitchell Kapor ⓘ
surface form:
Mitch Kapor
|
| locatedIn |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableEvent | acquisition by IBM in 1995 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Lotus 1-2-3 dominating spreadsheet market in 1980s
ⓘ
business software for personal computers ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lotus 1-2-3 ⓘ |
| operatingSystemTarget |
MS-DOS
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
OS/2 ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | IBM ⓘ |
| product |
Lotus 1-2-3
ⓘ
Lotus Notes ⓘ Lotus SmartSuite ⓘ Lotus Symphony ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | LOTS ⓘ |
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lotus Approach
subject surface form:
Lotus 1-2-3
subject surface form:
Lotus 1-2-3