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Bruno (software)

BRUNO was the first commercial computer software program for creating presentations using a WYSIWYG user interface. BRUNO, which originated on the Hewlett Packard HP 1000 F-Series computer, was developed by Jim Long and Philip Walden of Hewlett Packard. The application was finished in 1979 and was used around the world by HP customers. BRUNO was later ported to the HP 3000 series and renamed HPDRAW. HPDRAW was released sometime before November 1982, when it was sold as part of the software page "HP Words, Data, and Graphics".

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BRUNO was the first commercial computer software program for creating presentations using a WYSIWYG user interface. BRUNO, which originated on the Hewlett Packard HP 1000 F-Series computer, was developed by Jim Long and Philip Walden of Hewlett Packard. The application was finished in 1979 and was used around the world by HP customers. BRUNO was later ported to the HP 3000 series and renamed HPDRAW. HPDRAW was released sometime before November 1982, when it was sold as part of the software page "HP Words, Data, and Graphics".

Key claims

  1. release date: 1982 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1982". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361762603

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