Editing Killer application (section)

===Applications and operating systems===
* 1979: [[Apple II]]: [[VisiCalc]] (first spreadsheet program and killer app)<ref name="vaughannichols201305" />
* 1979: [[TRS-80]], [[CP/M]] systems: [[WordStar]]<ref name="bergin2006" /> 1982: ported to [[CP/M-86]] and [[IBM PC compatible]]/[[MS-DOS]]
* 1983: [[IBM PC compatible]]/[[MS-DOS]]: [[Lotus 1-2-3]] (spreadsheet)<ref name="vaughannichols201305" />
* 1985: [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]]: [[Adobe PageMaker|Aldus (now Adobe) PageMaker]] (first desktop publishing program)<ref name="robinson199203">{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=Phillip |date=March 2, 1992 |title=Next's Giant Step |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1992/03/02/nexts-giant-step/f32f275a-740a-49da-ad51-e2401995ba01/ |access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>
* 1985: [[AmigaOS]]: [[Deluxe Paint]], [[Video Toaster]], [[Prevue Guide]]
* 1993: [[Acorn Archimedes]]: [[Sibelius (scorewriter)|Sibelius]]<ref>
{{cite news
| first = Derek
| last = Bourgeois
| title = Score yourself an orchestra
| date = November 1, 2001
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/nov/01/onlinesupplement3
| work = The Guardian
| access-date = May 10, 2011
| quote = Many composers bought an Archimedes simply to have access to the program.
}}</ref>
* 1995: [[Windows 95]]