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Narishma 80 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX Super Heavy splashes down in the gulf, canc...

No Office application came from DOS to Windows. They either came from the Mac (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or directly started as Windows apps (Access). Word for DOS was a completely different application with no relation to the Mac and Windows versions.

avmich 80 days ago [–]

I guess the Word for Windows is as related to Word for DOS as Atlas V is related to Atlas II. Thanks.

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