Microsoft's ubiquitous word processing program, Microsoft Word, celebrates its 18th birthday in 2007, having successfully wended its way through the growing pains of childhood and challenges of adolescence. Word essentially started as a product known as "Bravo," which was brought to Microsoft in 1981 by Charles Simonyi,who is regarded by many as the father of Word, from Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center.
Microsoft's official Word development team was given the green light in 1982, and the first version was released in 1983 featuring the "WYSIWYG" (What You See Is What You Get) design philosophy, a Microsoft spokesperson told eWEEK. But the application was not officially released as Word for Windows until 1989, which is the date Microsoft regards as its birthday.
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