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TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Word turns 40: From 'new kid on the block' to 'I can't believe it's not bloatware'

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Word turns 40: From 'new kid on the block' to 'I can't believe it's not bloatware'

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TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Microsoft Word turns 40

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In 1983, David Copperfield vanished the Statue of Liberty and Word for DOS turned up

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Makes one wonder how big the resulting binaries are after compilation.

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