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Apple II’s success was not from Apple. It was a piece of software called VisiCalc — the first
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spreadsheet ever brought to market. VisiCalc worked only on the Apple II, and it was a revolution in itself. Millions of accountants, small businesses, or
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even private individuals that cared about their money, could now do in minutes calculations that would have taken them weeks to perform by
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hand. They rushed out to computer stores and bought Apple IIs en masse, making Apple one of the most profitable companies of its day. Only four
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years after it was started in a garage, the company was well on its way to fullfil Mike Markkula’s vision of belonging to the Fortune 500 elite of
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corporate America.
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</p>
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<h2>Preparing for the future</h2>
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<p>
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Apple Computer was growing at an incredibly fast rate. The numbers were
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mind-blowing: from 2,500 Apple IIs sold in 1977, 8,000 were sold in 1978, and up to 35,000 in 1979. Remember there was no market for
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</p>
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</div>
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