*> You realize there were other systems besides PC and Mac?* Yep, I do. I was an Atari ST, then Amiga user until long past when those platforms were considered

*> You realize there were other systems besides PC and Mac?* Yep, I do. I was an Atari ST, then Amiga user until long past when those platforms were considered alive. :-) But in terms of influence, MacWrite had more (eg. Microsoft Word for Mac). For general consumer use, I found MacWrite much better than Signum. But I can see your point in terms of academics and non-English speakers. BTW, if anyone's curious, I believe the actual first WYSIWYG word processor was probably Bravo[1]. And Bravo somewhat influenced MacWrite. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_(editor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_(editor)