Title :
Recollections: The Rise and Fall of WordStar
Author :
Rubinstein, Seymour
Author_Institution :
Sanders Associates Inc., Nashua, NH
Abstract :
This memoir focuses chiefly on the story of WordStar, the pioneering word processing software for personal computers that was ahead of its time. A series of unfortunate circumstances - personal illness, management ineptitude, clash of egos, changing business conditions - converged to bring low a once-promising and shining venture
Keywords :
history; word processing; WordStar story; business condition change; ego clash; management ineptitude; personal computer; word processing software; Autobiographies; Circuit testing; Design engineering; Displays; History; Microcomputers; Printed circuits; Programming profession; Read-write memory; Text processing; Bill Millard; IMSAI; InterTrust; MicroPro International; Prompt Software; QuattroPro; Rob Barnaby; Sanders Associates; WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get); WordStar;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2006.69
