Popular spreadsheet improved
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Lotus 1-2-3 2.3 adds a graphical interface that will work on an average PC. Release 2.3 for DOS will work on an XT-compatible machine with 512 Kbytes of memory and 5 Mbytes of space on a hard disk. Owners of older machines can now have a powerful spreadsheet without having to buy a new, powerful computer. Release 2.3 provides a choice between a graphical WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) interface and the more traditional system of commands. Features that have been added include a 'print preview' command, so that a user can see how a report will look before printing it, and a 'shrink to fit' command, which fits a wide worksheet onto a page. There is a Viewer feature, which allows a user to look into files without loading them into memory, and there is an Auditor feature, which lets a user see all spreadsheet cells that affect a particular formula. Release 2.3 costs $495, or $150 for an upgrade.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1991
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'I'm sorry; my machine doesn't like your work'; when it comes time to review employees' performance, a new program offers advice
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Performance Mentor from Performance Mentor Inc. uses expert system technology to help executives prepare for job evaluations and advises them on how to conduct the reviews in an effective way. Performance Mentor, $295, contains a checklist for managers to methodically go through and clarify the positive and negative points the executive wants to make in the review. Expert system technology is a subset of artificial intelligence that is able to apply knowledge to a problem. The technology is often used to evaluate insurance claims, determine factory schedules or make medical diagnoses. Performance Mentor uses advice from more than 100 experienced personnel and human resources professionals in its knowledge base. Performance Mentor develops a profile of the user's management style and workplace and uses that information to determine which employee strengths are important.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1990
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Lotus takes a gamble on 'Notes'; the information sharing program can tie together thousands of machines
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Notes, from Lotus Development Corp, is a high-powered electronic message system, described as 'super E-mail.' This new type of software is so powerful, manufacturers find, that users have trouble knowing how to fully exploit it. Notes, $62,500 for a base installation on 200 microcomputers, addresses work groups in corporate and government environments. The software enables the sharing of information among teams of computer users. Notes can be customized in several ways; it enables real-time computer conferences, it allows standard electronic mail (E-mail) systems to connect to external systems such as facsimile machines or a customer's E-mail network, orit can be used as a document data base system. Notes is the leading package in the emerging 'groupware' product category.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1989
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