Waihangahia tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga I a ia e mahi ana ki te Lotus Advanced Technology Group i te tau 1986, i waihangahia e Pito Salas tētahi ariā ripanga whakatupuranga hou e whai ake nei hei pūtake mō ngā Ripanga Pivot i Microsoft Excel.
Ko te tikanga, ko te putanga matatini ake o te rerenga korero ko "I te wa e mahi ana me te Ropu Hangarau Hangarau Lotus i te 1986, i hangaia e Pito Salas tetahi kaupapa ripanga whakatupuranga hou i tukuna e Lotus i te 1989 hei Lotus Improv. "