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The article year is kind of confusing on this one, it made me go "that can't be right, Microsoft owned PowerPoint before then... didn't it?"
by asddubs 4y ago
The article year is kind of confusing on this one, it made me go "that can't be right, Microsoft owned PowerPoint before then... didn't it?"
- wongarsu 4y agoThe HN title has gone through quite a few iterations by now. - Microsoft beat Apple to buy PowerPoint for $14M - How Microsoft beat Apple to buy PowerPoint for $14M - Microsoft beat Apple to buy PowerPoint for $14M (1987) - Microsoft beat Apple to buy PowerPoint for $14M (2016) I would prefer "How Microsoft beat Apple to buy PowerPoint for $14M (2016)" to make it clear that this is both a story about a past event, and this story was told some years ago.
- salgernon 4y agoIt’s weird how Apple is part of the title when they’re barely mentioned.
- abruzzi 4y agoUsually, a year in parentheses on a HN post indicates the publiction date of the article--specifically when the article isn't current--not the dates of the events recounted. In this case the article is from 2016 as the date suggests.
- asddubs 4y agoyup, I actually know about that, but it still made me do a double-take