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Microsoft doesn’t belong in this list after they trademarked Windows, Word, Works (remember, Microsoft Works is an oxymoron) and others.
by loloquwowndueo 3mo ago
Microsoft doesn’t belong in this list after they trademarked Windows, Word, Works (remember, Microsoft Works is an oxymoron) and others.
- inigyou 3mo agoMicrosoft Works was such a weird product because it was just half-assed Microsoft Office, but Microsoft Office already existed.
- loloquwowndueo 3mo agoNo. Works predated Office by 3 years at least. The first versions of Works ran under ms-dos.
- SoftTalker 3mo agoSeveral other vendors had office "works" suites too. ClarisWorks, AppleWorks, seems like there were some others for the variety of platforms in the 80s/90s but I can't recall them offhand.
- loloquwowndueo 3mo agoLotus symphony.
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- throwaway2037 3mo agoAs I understand, Microsoft Works was primary aimed at retail buyers, but Microsoft Office was aimed at enterprises users. MW was probably half the cost of MO. It is market segmentation, as I see it.