As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution.

The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language::As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution.

  • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    1 year ago

    I keep forgetting that a lot of BBC stuff is commercial now, but this is an ad

    • Damdy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, scanned about 75% of the article for anything interesting before I came to the same conclusion.

    • Deebster@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It spends half the time complaining, so I don’t think it’s an ad (never mind that commercial doesn’t mean advertorials). It’s more like they saw the anniversary coming up and came up with an angle they felt they could be interesting about.