![]() ![]() So from this point on, generations of writers grew up with Word. This was also the period when home computing became a mass phenomenon. Word’s ubiquity is a product of its maker’s shrewd business practices, not of good design. Word processing alternatives – either due to internal failures or Microsoft’s aggressive promotion of its own products – withered. The company’s close partnership with computer and chip manufacturers, and its own ruthlessness, led to a near-monopoly on home and office computing in the 1990s. Word’s fortunes ascended with Microsoft’s. ![]() (Some clung to these dependable platforms – George RR Martin has made millions from Game of Thrones but he still taps the books out on WordStar 4.0, released in 1987). In the 1980s, applications such as WordStar and WordPerfect enjoyed healthy sales and won influential fans. ![]()
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