> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 November 2006 06:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Way OT: File conversion problem > > In a message dated 11/29/2006 8:46:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > No, Microsoft Word v1.0 was released first on Macintosh in 1985. > > Godfrey > ======= > I think people are confusing it with Word Star. Only > explanation that makes > sense. > >
No. Wordstar started as a character-based system, which Word has never been. Wiki knows what I'm talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms_word In essence, Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie, who developed the Bravo WP on Star, joined MS from Xerox Parc and developed the program which became Word, first released for Xenix. Regards, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
