Explore: The Power Of Multiplan

Multiplan is a spreadsheet program developed by Microsoft and introduced in 1982 as a competitor to VisiCalc. Multiplan was released first for computers

health insurance claims processor MultiPlan Inc. for around $4.4 billion. This group, on May 5, 2016, sold MultiPlan Inc. to Hellman & Friedman for approximately

1-2-3, which became the dominant spreadsheet program by 1983, surpassing both Multiplan and the earlier VisiCalc. To address Multiplan's falling marketshare

printed on some dot matrix devices. The main drawback of Microsoft's solution at the time was the need to exit Multiplan and then load Chart to compose and

the position abruptly the previous summer following a power struggle with the co-founders. In 2023, Carlyle invested in Anthesis Group, a provider of

well as Multiplan and SuperCalc, the two VisiCalc competitors. Lotus 1-2-3 was the state-of-the-art spreadsheet and the standard throughout the 1980s and

the Zotye Multiplan. In October 2010, Zotye started to build a version of Multipla 2, employing more locally made parts in order to reduce costs; the

for the Multiplan spreadsheet. On the suggestion of Rowland Hanson, Microsoft dropped the Multi-Tool brand name. Hanson's rationale was that "the brand

co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm based in Washington, D.C. Rubenstein is also the principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles of Major League

regarded as a reason for an initial lack of software for the new system. In April 1984, Microsoft's Multiplan migrated over from MS-DOS, with Microsoft