WordStar 7 for MS-DOS is Now Available for Free in Complete Archive

Before Microsoft Word, there was WordPerfect. And before WordPerfect, there was WordStar. And now, WordStar is back. Sort of.
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The Mother of All Demos, 50 Years On

If you’re like me, chances are pretty good that you’ve been taught that all the elements of the modern computer user interface — programs running in windows, menus, icons, WYSIWYG editing of text documents, and of course, the venerable computer mouse — descended from the hallowed halls of the Xerox Corporation’s Palo Alto Research Center in the early 1970s. And it’s certainly true that PARC developed these technologies and more, including the laser printer and object-oriented programming, all of which would grace first the workplaces of the world and later the homes of everyday people.

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Salesforce buys word processing app Quip for $750M

 Salesforce is continuing its buying spree to expand the kinds of cloud-based apps and services that it offers to its customers beyond basic CRM. The company has just announced that it is acquiring Quip, the cloud-based word processing app that wa… Continue reading Salesforce buys word processing app Quip for $750M