Macinography #6: Microsoft Word 5.1
Today in the sixth installment of Macinography, we look back at one of the most fondly remembered applications on the Classic Mac OS: Microsoft Word. Microsoft was the dominant player in word processing on the Mac, and 5.1 was slaying the competition. What made people love this word processor so much? Why did it stick around for years after its end of life? Listen in to find out.
Sources / Notes:
- Wired Magazine on Word 5.1 Refuseniks
- IDGConnect
- Zamzar’s 30 years of Word
- History of Microsoft, MSDN: Jeff Raikes
- The Best Software Writing by Avram Joel Spolsky
- Rick Schaut on Word 6.0
- Antitrust case notes against Microsoft
- Working with Word 5.1 Third Edition by Chris Kinata and Gordon McComb
- Macworld (Jan 1995) Word 6.0
- MacUser (Dec 1994) Word 6.0
- MacWorld (March 1993) Word 5.1
- MacUser (April 1993) Word 5.1
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