'''Lotus Software''' (called '''Lotus Development Corporation''' before its acquisition by [[IBM]]) is an American [[software]] company with its headquarters in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. Lotus is most famous for its groundbreaking [[Lotus 1-2-3]] [[spreadsheet]] application, which was the [[killer app]] in the early days of the [[IBM PC]] which helped spread the adoption of the PC. In more recent years the company provided one of the more powerful [[groupware]] systems, [[Lotus Notes]], which became fairly popular. It was the strength of Notes in the marketplace that led to IBM purchasing the company in 1995 for $3.5 billion. | '''Lotus Software''' (called '''Lotus Development Corporation''' before its acquisition by [[IBM]]) is an American [[software]] company with its headquarters in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. Lotus is most famous for its groundbreaking [[Lotus 1-2-3]] [[spreadsheet]] application, which was the [[killer app]] in the early days of the [[IBM PC]] which helped spread the adoption of the PC. In more recent years the company provided one of the more powerful [[groupware]] systems, [[Lotus Notes]], which became fairly popular. It was the strength of Notes in the marketplace that led to IBM purchasing the company in 1995 for $3.5 billion. |