Lotus 1-2-3
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Dec 9, 2025first mention
Sep 22, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“the spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3”
“I used Lotus 1-2-3 a lot. Absolutely loved it.”
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“But 1-2-3 was clearly better.”
intern at a small consulting company in the 1980son “Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC with DOS”
“1-2-3 was damn cool though”
sold PCs early in careeron “Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC with DOS”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“I used to work for Lotus, supporting 1-2-3.”
former Lotus support employeeon “Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC with DOS”
Threads where it came up
Data: lotus-1-2-3.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“you could just stay on 1-2-3 r2 which worked fine on everything”
“the spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3”
“I use Lotus 1-2-3 in a Terminal”
“I used Lotus 1-2-3 a lot. Absolutely loved it.”
“But 1-2-3 was clearly better.”
“1-2-3 was damn cool though”
“I used it both for Lotus 1-2-3 and Turbo Pascal-87.”