1-2-3 was originally written by Jonathan Sachs, who had written two spreadsheet programs previously while working at Concentric Data Systems, Inc. To aid its growth, in the UK, and possibly elsewhere, Lotus 1-2-3 was the very first computer software to use television consumer advertising. 2-3 وكان أول برامج كمبيوتر يستخدام التلفزيون للإعلان الاستهلاكي.
when a clone with our logo encased in fancy plastic running Lotus 1-2-3 is on the shelves over at Sears and people are shoving each other out the way to get to it with their wallets hanging open. (عندما يوجد على رفوف متجر (سيرز مستنسخ مكسو بالبلاستيك الفخم (يعمل بنظام (لوتس 123 بشعارنا عليه و يدفع الناس بعضهم من الطريق