Efforts to implement the stapler model include "Cut and Paste" and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). Microsoft thought you ought to be able to staple anything

Efforts to implement the stapler model include "Cut and Paste" and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). Microsoft thought you ought to be able to staple anything to anything, like a terminal in the middle of your word document or a clock on your spreadsheet, for no reason other than just because you can. It didn't work because app developers needed to do too much work to support it, so few programs other than Microsoft's own office software were built to link items together like that.