2006-12-09 12:17:03 · 7 answers · asked by kertterre 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Bill's cronies? LOL
2006-12-09 12:18:32 · answer #1 · answered by Silly me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many concepts and ideas of Word were brought from Bravo, the original GUI word processor developed at Xerox PARC. Bravo's creator Charles Simonyi left Xerox PARC to work for Microsoft in 1981. Simonyi hired Richard Brodie, who had worked with him on Bravo, away from PARC that summer. In 1982, development on what would become Multi-Tool Word began. Microsoft released the program in 1983 for Xenix systems. Word featured a concept of "What You See Is What You Get", or WYSIWYG, and was the first application with such features as the ability to display bold text.
Later Microsoft renamed it Microsoft Word. Its first general release was for MS-DOS computers on May 2, 1983. Free demonstration copies of the application were bundled with the November 1983 issue of PC World, making it the first program to be distributed on-disk with a magazine. However, it was not well received, and sales lagged behind those of rival products such as WordPerfect.
2006-12-09 20:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates.
2006-12-09 20:24:51 · answer #3 · answered by Shelby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here you go!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_Word
2006-12-09 20:25:58 · answer #4 · answered by Laura 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MICROSOFT
2006-12-09 20:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by jay j 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
asdf
2006-12-09 20:18:30 · answer #6 · answered by Mr M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bill gates i think... i dont know.
2006-12-09 20:24:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋