History Museum of Computer
The dominant word processing program for private computers in the 1980s was DOS-based WordPerfect. Microsoft Word for DOS, which had recently been released in 1983, was an also-ran.
That situation changed {significantly|considerably|drastically} with {the creation of|the development of} Microsoft Word for {Home windows|House windows|Glass windows} in 1989. By 93 it was {producing|creating|making} {50 percent|fifty percent} of the word {digesting|control|finalizing} market revenue, and by 1997 it was up to 90%. [1]
word_processor_market_share
Clearly there was something extraordinary about {Term|Phrase|Expression} for Windows. {A part of|Element of|Component to} {the|their|it is} success was due to Microsoft's marketing acumen. {However it was|Nonetheless it was|But it really was} also a stunning {specialized|technological|complex} achievement, and its {capability|capacity|potential} {to operate|to perform} on ordinary {Personal computers|Computers|Computer systems} came up with the first popular vanguard of the new graphics-oriented {type of|design of} document preparation.
Remember, {it was|this is} a time when a typical {pc|computer|laptop or computer} might have an 8 Mhz {processor chip|cpu}, 1 megabyte of {memory space|storage|recollection}, a 20 megabyte hard disk, and a floppy disk drive. How {do|performed|would} Word accomplish so much with the little?
{There is|Will be certainly|Discover} only one way to understand the magic in detail: {see the|browse the|look at the} code. With the permission of {Ms|Microsoft company} Corporation, the Computer {Background|Record} Museum is pleased to {offer|provide}, for non-commercial use, {the origin|the original source|the cause} code of {Term|Phrase|Expression} for Windows version {you|one particular}. 1a as it was on January 10, 1991. This material is (C) Copyright by Microsoft.
The 7 MB zip {document|record|data file} contains 1021 files in 33 folders. In the root directory there is a "readme" file that briefly explains {all of those other|other} {material|items|articles}. Most of it is source code in C, but there are also text documents, x86 assembler-language source files, executable tools, batch files, and more.
To access this materials you must agree to the {conditions|phrases|words} of the license displayed here, which permits only non-commercial use and does not {provide you with the|supply you with the} right to license it to {3rd|3 rd} parties by posting copies elsewhere on the web.
Download {Ms|Microsoft company} Word for Windows {Edition|Variation|Type} 1. 1a Source Code
Other historical source code releases in this course include IBM's APL {development|encoding|coding} language, Apple II {2|DE}, Adobe's Photoshop, Apple Macpaint/QuickDraw, and Microsoft's MSDOS. {If you want|If you wish} us to do {really|associated with} this, please consider {assisting|helping|promoting} the museum's efforts {by causing|by looking into making} a donation. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit {business|corporation|firm}.
That situation changed {significantly|considerably|drastically} with {the creation of|the development of} Microsoft Word for {Home windows|House windows|Glass windows} in 1989. By 93 it was {producing|creating|making} {50 percent|fifty percent} of the word {digesting|control|finalizing} market revenue, and by 1997 it was up to 90%. [1]
word_processor_market_share
Clearly there was something extraordinary about {Term|Phrase|Expression} for Windows. {A part of|Element of|Component to} {the|their|it is} success was due to Microsoft's marketing acumen. {However it was|Nonetheless it was|But it really was} also a stunning {specialized|technological|complex} achievement, and its {capability|capacity|potential} {to operate|to perform} on ordinary {Personal computers|Computers|Computer systems} came up with the first popular vanguard of the new graphics-oriented {type of|design of} document preparation.
Remember, {it was|this is} a time when a typical {pc|computer|laptop or computer} might have an 8 Mhz {processor chip|cpu}, 1 megabyte of {memory space|storage|recollection}, a 20 megabyte hard disk, and a floppy disk drive. How {do|performed|would} Word accomplish so much with the little?
{There is|Will be certainly|Discover} only one way to understand the magic in detail: {see the|browse the|look at the} code. With the permission of {Ms|Microsoft company} Corporation, the Computer {Background|Record} Museum is pleased to {offer|provide}, for non-commercial use, {the origin|the original source|the cause} code of {Term|Phrase|Expression} for Windows version {you|one particular}. 1a as it was on January 10, 1991. This material is (C) Copyright by Microsoft.
The 7 MB zip {document|record|data file} contains 1021 files in 33 folders. In the root directory there is a "readme" file that briefly explains {all of those other|other} {material|items|articles}. Most of it is source code in C, but there are also text documents, x86 assembler-language source files, executable tools, batch files, and more.
To access this materials you must agree to the {conditions|phrases|words} of the license displayed here, which permits only non-commercial use and does not {provide you with the|supply you with the} right to license it to {3rd|3 rd} parties by posting copies elsewhere on the web.
Download {Ms|Microsoft company} Word for Windows {Edition|Variation|Type} 1. 1a Source Code
Other historical source code releases in this course include IBM's APL {development|encoding|coding} language, Apple II {2|DE}, Adobe's Photoshop, Apple Macpaint/QuickDraw, and Microsoft's MSDOS. {If you want|If you wish} us to do {really|associated with} this, please consider {assisting|helping|promoting} the museum's efforts {by causing|by looking into making} a donation. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit {business|corporation|firm}.
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