Apple Making a Spreadsheet?

Raleel writes "It appears that apple has trademarked the word "Numbers". Speculation is that it is a new spreadsheet. It makes sense with Keynote, Pages, and Mail." That would sort of fill in the last major hole in their lineup.

Wait till they trademark Letters

[Winckle]

and then we will see Apple's "innovative" new product line

It's a hole in the line-up

[mpapet]

I loose my mind everytime I see silly errors like that.

Only fair...

[Embedded Geek]

After all, Bill Gates patented ones and zeroes.

(Couldn't find the link to the Onion story - they've pulled it)

Re:The Numbers Game:

[mythosaz]

Nah, they mean to say "whole." It's a coded message to the Germans, providing instructions to bomb Pearl Harbor.

The hole in Apple's lineup

[argent]

Apple doesn't have a high performance virus distribution mechanism yet. It's way too easy to turn off "open safe files after download" in Safari and then all you've got to work with is social engineering.

Trademark Violation

[techguy911]

Looks like I'm gonna owe Apple lots of money soon. I use the word "Numbers" about 100 times in my latest project report.

Re:It's a hole in the line-up

[suwain_2]

You don't have to be an a-whole about it. ;)

Re:It's a hole in the line-up

[merdaccia]

Me two.

Wait for them to name the word processor....

[BRock97]

Think that's bad? Wait for the word processor called "Alphabet". From what I hear, they'll get Sesame Street characters to perform the same function as Clippy.

Or...

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe it's just their answer to calc.exe?

Next Trademark after Numbers:

[Stanistani]

Deuteronomy.

It's the NextStep to the iBible.

Re:A spreadsheet or a spreadsheet program?

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple likes to keep things simple. Such as their one button mouse.

It is believed the spreadsheet program will only allow you to create and manipulate a single cell.

Steve Jobs you have done it again.

I just downloaded it.

[blackmonday]

I just downloaded this new spreadsheet program and my powerbook feels much snappier now!

It shouldn't take long...

[Anonymous Coward]

After all, Apple can even get their engineers to continue working on projects after they're fired [pacifict.com]

Re:Only fair...

[myheroBobHope]

You know, if only we had a search engine, that would save your joke...

Consider it saved. [att.net]

i numbers

[behindthewall]

That could make for some interesting financial calculations.

Re:Perhaps a Bad Choice

[Anonymous Coward]

Considering what most people use spreadsheets for, maybe they should call it "EasyWayToDrawBoxes".

Re:The Numbers Game:

[mbbac]

The simple answer, however, is that Apple wanted to sell good productivity applications so they decided not to base it off of OpenOffice.

Too late, I claim Prior Art

[WillAffleckUW]

when I was in Kindergarten in Pennsylvania, I wrote a comic book called Numbers which was about computers and robots and space aliens.

So obviously, I have a stronger claim.

And since at least four kids paid me a quarter for the comic book each, I did it as a small business, and thus Apple will have to pay me ... a MILLION DOLLARS!!!! ah hah ah hah hah! ... um, look, it was in the 60s, that was a lot of money back then ... I wonder how much that would be in modern US currency ...

Article is an obvious troll

[hobotron]

If Apple were making a spreadsheet it would be called "iNumbers"

Re:Well you can't trademark *a* number...

[overunderunderdone]

Well you can't trademark *a* number...

1 [uspto.gov] Dale Ernhardt Inc.
(3) [uspto.gov]Level 3 Communications
4 [uspto.gov]Swingline, Inc.
5 [uspto.gov] Chanel
31 [uspto.gov] Baskin Robbins
"33" [uspto.gov] Latrobe Brewing
57 [uspto.gov] H.J. Heinz Company
501 [uspto.gov] Levi Strauss & Co.
747 [uspto.gov] Boeing

Re:It's a hole in the line-up

[ryanvm]

I loose my mind everytime I see silly errors like that.

Haha - that joke made my hole weak.

Careful now...

[Anonymous Coward]

I know places where saying that can get you maced with Axe bodyspray, and beaten with birkenstocks or flipflops.

Re:The Numbers Game:

[woozlewuzzle]

Shimmer - it's a dessert topping and a floor wax

previous spreadsheet

[Rune Berge]

Also, wasn't there an Apple spreadsheet program previously...

Yeah, I seem to remember this little known app called VisiCalc or something. It must have been a failure, because no one seems to even remember it here...

Re:The Numbers Game:

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm fairly certain the Grandparent's post was a reference to Animal House. As a quick google tells me, the scene goes like this:

D-Day: War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.
Bluto: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Otter: Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.
Bluto: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough...
[thinks hard]
Bluto: the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go!
[runs out, alone; then returns]
Bluto: What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer...
Otter: Dead! Bluto's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.
Bluto: We're just the guys to do it.
D-Day: Let's do it.
Bluto: LET'S DO IT!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/quotes [imdb.com]

Re:A spreadsheet or a spreadsheet program?

[timeOday]

Ha! You think "spreadsheet" is a PAPER related term? True, some kids were in the habit of using spreadsheet papers. Only because they didn't know REAL [tamu.edu] spreadsheets were written on papyri. But the REALLY REAL men used stone tablets and clay blobs.

Re:Careful now...

[DoomHaven]

Axe bodyspray

Yeah, like Apple users own deodorant.

Re:The Numbers Game:

[Basehart]

I heard they are working on a birthday reminder app - this "numbers" racket could be it!!!!

Re:The Numbers Game:

[Everleet]

Ha Ha Ha. I get it. Cos open office is teh sux!. It sucks so bad people who use it should be shot!

No, I think they've suffered enough.

Re:Article is an obvious troll

[hunterx11]

Allow me to explain the situation here.

* <- joke

O <- your head

Re:Careful now...

[bursch-X]

They DO!
But only the ones that don't use Terminal.app for copying files.

Bible

[Thnurg]

Darn.
Does this mean I owe roylaties to Apple whenever I read the Old Testament?

Re:Not to mention the output!

[dangitman]

A couple years ago I was given an assignment to make a flyer. I would have used LaTeX, but the Powers That Were insisted that I use Publisher. Very well, I say, I'll give it a go.

Situation: You must create a graphic advertisement.

Options: You may choose LaTeX or Microsoft Publisher.

Conclusion: You must be in hell.