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		Aloisius on Jan 6, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple squandered the Holy Grail 7 years? Microsoft Word for Mac was released in 1985. It was comparable to MacWrite. Also Microsoft Write for Windows was released in 1985, but it was clunkier.

runjake on Jan 6, 2025 [–]

Yep, I goofed there. Important to note that Word for Mac was heavily inspired by MacWrite. And became a better word processing app as a result of it.

Thanks for the correction.

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