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It's worth noting that Microsoft was the first company to sell a complete office suite as a bundle for the PC. Others quickly caught on, but still MS Office was
by ryukoposting 2y ago
It's worth noting that Microsoft was the first company to sell a complete office suite as a bundle for the PC. Others quickly caught on, but still MS Office was the only suite that had consistent UX across the different programs they were packaging together. Lotus SmartSuite checked all the same boxes on paper, but switching between the different programs feels like tripping on cracks in the sidewalk.
- scarface_74 2y agoWell actually… AppleWorks came out in 1984 for the Apple //e. Microsoft Office came out for the Mac in 1989.
- ryukoposting 2y ago"For the PC" is an important qualifier in my message above. I'm familiar with AppleWorks.
- scarface_74 2y agoFair enough. I was thinking about “PC” in the literal since not the common vernacular - x86 + Microsoft OS
- ryukoposting 2y agoThere's an interesting debate there. Here's my thesis on it: Isolating the definiton of "PC" to the IBM lineage makes it a lot easier to contextualize the historical development of home computing. Example: my TRS-80 is a microcomputer, but it is not a PC. This is a sentence that younger generations can grok. If I say "my TRS-80 is a PC but not an IBM PC-compatible" their eyes glaze over.
- hulitu 2y ago> Isolating the definiton of "PC" to the IBM lineage makes it a lot easier to contextualize the historical development of home computing The definition of PC is IBM PC. That's why Visual Workstation is not a PC, Apollo DN3500 was not a PC, etc.
- scarface_74 2y agoThe “definition” of PC is “A personal computer (PC) is a microcomputer designed for use by one person at a time.” In common parlance it has come to mean “a computer running a Microsoft operating system”. Most people these days would consider an Arm based computer running Windows a “PC”.