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Word docs being the medium of exchange created enough of a network effect. I remember trying to use other programs but importing/exporting to Word wasn't perfec
by theparanoid 1y ago
Word docs being the medium of exchange created enough of a network effect. I remember trying to use other programs but importing/exporting to Word wasn't perfect.
- bombcar 1y agoParadoxically the Internet killed the others; now printouts weren’t the standard document exchange format.
- fred_is_fred 1y agoWindows 95/98 shipped with some kind of half-implemented Word, the name of which I forgot. So you could send a Word doc to anyone basically and they could read it, a great business strategy.