2024-07-03
.@om on the news that Bruce Bastian, co-creator of WordPerfect, the word-processing software, had died at 76. Malik writes about WordPerfect, how it was defeated by Microsoft, and the state of word processing today. Fascinating read. https://om.co/...
Wall Street Journal
Bruce Bastian, who co-created the popular word processing software WordPerfect and was an LGBTQ activist, died on June 16 at age 76
While his company was producing the world's dominant word-processing software, he came out as gay to his wife, sons and Mormon community