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Sweating Bullets: Notes About Inventing Powerpoint, Robert Gaskins
Sweating Bullets: Notes About Inventing Powerpoint, Robert Gaskins
Robert Gaskins
PowerPoint was invented to be the first presentation software specifically for Macintosh and Windows personal computers. During its design and development as a Silicon Valley startup it received the first venture capital investment ever made by Apple. PowerPoint 1.0 was shipped in 1987 as a Mac program to make black-and-white overhead presentations. Soon thereafter it became the first significant acquisition ever made by Microsoft, who set up a new Graphics Business Unit in Silicon Valley to develop it further. A color version, adding features to also make 35mm slide presentations, was shipped for Mac in 1988 and for Windows in …
Powerpoint At 20: Back To Basics, Robert Gaskins
Powerpoint At 20: Back To Basics, Robert Gaskins
Robert Gaskins
Let simplicity inspire, and resist the lure of unreadable fonts, stock clip art, sound effects, and flying bullet points.