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Microsoft Excel turns 40!

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AlyseMaguire
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Sep 30, 2025
In 1985, the world was grooving to “Careless Whisper,” watching Back to the Future rocket Michael J. Fox into superstardom, and marveling at the discovery of the Titanic’s wreckage beneath the Atlant...
A picture of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announcing Microsoft Excel software product to Ed Anderson, Enzo Torresi, Steve Jobs, and Jon Shirley on a stage in New York in May 1985.
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