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Johan van der Knijff<p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Multiplan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multiplan</span></a> is a spreadsheet application that was developed by Microsoft in the '80s. My latest blog post shows how to emulate this ancient spreadsheet format in <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DOSBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOSBox</span></a>-X.</p><p>It also discusses compatibility with modern software, and in particular <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>libreoffice</span></a></span> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/calc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calc</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://bitsgalore.org/2025/05/19/emulating-microsoft-multiplan-spreadsheets-in-dosbox-x.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bitsgalore.org/2025/05/19/emul</span><span class="invisible">ating-microsoft-multiplan-spreadsheets-in-dosbox-x.html</span></a></p>
Johan van der Knijff<p>Mind blown🤯 - turns out that <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Calc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Calc</span></a> can natively read some (but not all!) variants of the ancient <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Multiplan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multiplan</span></a> file format.</p><p>Multiplan was a <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/spreadsheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spreadsheet</span></a> application from the early/mid '80s that preceded <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a>. More info on the format in this excellent 2023 post by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@Thorsted" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Thorsted</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href="https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2023/11/10/multiplan/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">preservation.tylerthorsted.com</span><span class="invisible">/2023/11/10/multiplan/</span></a></p><p>And Multiplan is still available here:</p><p><a href="https://winworldpc.com/product/multiplan/2x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winworldpc.com/product/multipl</span><span class="invisible">an/2x</span></a></p>
Reed Mideke<p>How could a byzantine network of opaque, unaccountable, profit-driven intermediaries not be produce The World's Greatest Healthcare System™? <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/us/health-insurance-medical-bills.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek4.TAmf.DA2yAc5EBdNf&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/04/07/us/heal</span><span class="invisible">th-insurance-medical-bills.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek4.TAmf.DA2yAc5EBdNf&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MultiPlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultiPlan</span></a></p>
janggolan<p>"A New York Times investigation, based on interviews and confidential documents, shows that MultiPlan and the insurance companies have a large and mostly hidden financial incentive to cut those reimbursements as much as possible, even if it means saddling patients with large bills. The formula for <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/MultiPlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultiPlan</span></a> and the insurance companies is simple: The smaller the reimbursement, the larger their fee."</p>
adacosta<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@jeff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jeff</span></a></span> Its also a reminder of <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>'s long storied history with <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> and the <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a>, from <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Multiplan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multiplan</span></a> to graphical versions of <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Word</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> debuting first on Mac. Even <a href="https://twit.social/tags/PowerPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerPoint</span></a> which was once a product of <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Forethought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Forethought</span></a> was once Mac exclusive.</p>
Matthew Sparby<p>I should do a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> Spreadsheet Shootout.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> / <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> / <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Multiplan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multiplan</span></a></p>
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