"first" computer on the internet

[Chuck Guzis]

Well, if we're going to have fun with "first" claims, there's a 
Washington Post article by Kenneth Baer that contains the following 
interesting claim:

"Computers were quickly becoming more pervasive, too. VisiCalc, an 
early spreadsheet program, was introduced in 1978 and quickly became 
the first commercially successful piece of software"

Read the article here:

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/07/20/0720b
aer_edit.html

BTW, Baer is a former speechwriter for Al Gore.

Cheers,
Chuck