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		canucker2016 on Sept 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows Windows 1.0 was released in 1985 November. Microsoft Word for Windows was released in 1989 November, four years after Windows 1.0 included Microsoft Write. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Word

archo on Sept 3, 2023 [–]

Remember, the DOS MS Word competitor; WordPerfect : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect

And the later WordPerfect for Windows was competition that MS was keen to kill.

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