Bob Frankston (born June 14, 1949, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American software engineer who co-created VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program for personal computers, with Dan Bricklin, and co-founded Software Arts to develop and sell it. VisiCalc, released in 1979, is widely credited with driving early business adoption of the personal computer. Frankston later worked at Lotus Development and Microsoft, and became known as an advocate for reducing telecommunications carriers' control over internet infrastructure.
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1. Bob Frankston (Wikidata)
Wikidata alias: Robert Frankston
Robert Frankston
Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
Wikidata P166: Computer History Museum Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer History Museum Fellow.
Wikidata P166: ACM Software System Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Software System Award.
P569 (date of birth): year 1949
1949
P569 (date of birth): 1949-06-14
1949-06-14
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