Sad to learn that Bruce Wayne Bastian, co-founder of WordPerfect, died recently at the age of 76.
WordPerfect was an excellent desktop word processor, and was a mainstay of DOS throughout the 1980s. During that time, having “WordPerfect” on your resume made it easier to get an office job.
I used WordPerfect as a student in high school and university, until the upgrade became too expensive.
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