![]() IBM Lotus 123 Millennium Edition was the final build and IBM discontinued shipping it two years ago. ![]() It carried on developing Lotus' groupware product portfolio and had some success at first (although many Notes users still spit at the memory of the software).īut 1-2-3 was in terminal decline and IBM began quietly removing Lotus branding and shutting down sections of the groupware portfolio as they fell into similar disrepair. In 1995, as Lotus began to fall from grace, IBM staged a takeover that cost it $3.5bn. This wasn't too successful at first (anyone remember Multiplan?) but slowly Excel and Microsoft's Office suite began to bite into Lotus' market share. ![]() At the same time, Bill Gates had set his beady eyes on Lotus and began developing homegrown versions of the firm's products to sell from Redmond. ![]()
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