Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died
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Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died
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Re: Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died
#2+ did his job well
+ helped many communicate
+ made it easier to miscommunication thereby;
tying manager types into harmless video games was probably a net win for the world
Re: Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died
#3I remember we used Harvard Graphics for DOS before we used PowerPoint.
Re: Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died
#4PowerPoint.. Well it was Denis or someone but unfortunately we haven't grown to something better yet
Re: Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died
#5Will there be a PowerPoint presentation at his memorial service?
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#7Will there be a PowerPoint presentation at his memorial service?
If they can get the projector working.
Re: Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died
#8missed an opportunity to format the article as slides
Re: Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died
#9powerpoint is one of those things that most people don’t think about nowadays, but before presentation software, people had to carry printouts, or slide decks for projectors, maybe laminated sheets for overhead projectors. PowerPoint has saved people a huge amount of work.
Re: Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died
#10Related video from years ago, an interview with the Computer History Museum:
Oral History of Dennis R. Austin, 2015