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I'm writing a paper for a college class and need some general info on Word.
What year was it first released? How many current users worldwide?... general stuff like that. If there is any articles you can email or direct me to or give what demographics you can. The paper is a comparison of Word and Adobe FrameMaker if you have any specific comments as well. Thanks |
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EllenMarie -
I would be willing to bet that there are lots of sites out there that have the information you are looking for. I am going to politely suggest that you learn to use Google or MSN Search or the like. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "EllenMarie" wrote in message ... I'm writing a paper for a college class and need some general info on Word. What year was it first released? How many current users worldwide?... general stuff like that. If there is any articles you can email or direct me to or give what demographics you can. The paper is a comparison of Word and Adobe FrameMaker if you have any specific comments as well. Thanks |
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So, JoAnn, what you are telling me is: you would advise that my research on
the MicroSoft Co and MS products be conducted completely outside of the company. You think that third party information is more relevant or reliable than information obtained directly from the company I'm researching... Please advise, as I would like to quote you as a representative of MicroSoft. If you don't have any information on your history or products, that's OK, just tell me that. Please don't patronize me. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: EllenMarie - I would be willing to bet that there are lots of sites out there that have the information you are looking for. I am going to politely suggest that you learn to use Google or MSN Search or the like. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "EllenMarie" wrote in message ... I'm writing a paper for a college class and need some general info on Word. What year was it first released? How many current users worldwide?... general stuff like that. If there is any articles you can email or direct me to or give what demographics you can. The paper is a comparison of Word and Adobe FrameMaker if you have any specific comments as well. Thanks |
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JoAnn is not a representative of Microsoft (the correct spelling). No one
here works for Microsoft. She advised you to do your own homework, using Google or another search engine. Note that if the information you seek is available on Microsoft's Web site, it will be indexed by Google and certainly by MSN Search. The purpose of this newsgroup (where we are all volunteers) is to help Word users with problems they encounter in document management in Word, not to provide the history and demographics of the product. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "EllenMarie" wrote in message news  So, JoAnn, what you are telling me is: you would advise that my research on the MicroSoft Co and MS products be conducted completely outside of the company. You think that third party information is more relevant or reliable than information obtained directly from the company I'm researching... Please advise, as I would like to quote you as a representative of MicroSoft. If you don't have any information on your history or products, that's OK, just tell me that. Please don't patronize me. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: EllenMarie - I would be willing to bet that there are lots of sites out there that have the information you are looking for. I am going to politely suggest that you learn to use Google or MSN Search or the like. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "EllenMarie" wrote in message ... I'm writing a paper for a college class and need some general info on Word. What year was it first released? How many current users worldwide?... general stuff like that. If there is any articles you can email or direct me to or give what demographics you can. The paper is a comparison of Word and Adobe FrameMaker if you have any specific comments as well. Thanks |
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No, Joanne didn't suggest that... but the people who post in these
newsgroups are *not* employees or representatives of the Microsoft company. Please look at http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ to find out who and what the MVPs are. If you want official information from Microsoft, then contact Microsoft directly through http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=mscom. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:09:27 -0800, "EllenMarie" wrote: So, JoAnn, what you are telling me is: you would advise that my research on the MicroSoft Co and MS products be conducted completely outside of the company. You think that third party information is more relevant or reliable than information obtained directly from the company I'm researching... Please advise, as I would like to quote you as a representative of MicroSoft. If you don't have any information on your history or products, that's OK, just tell me that. Please don't patronize me. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: EllenMarie - I would be willing to bet that there are lots of sites out there that have the information you are looking for. I am going to politely suggest that you learn to use Google or MSN Search or the like. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "EllenMarie" wrote in message ... I'm writing a paper for a college class and need some general info on Word. What year was it first released? How many current users worldwide?... general stuff like that. If there is any articles you can email or direct me to or give what demographics you can. The paper is a comparison of Word and Adobe FrameMaker if you have any specific comments as well. Thanks |
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1. I never said you should base all of your research on outside companies.
Besides, MSN Search is Microsoft. 2. You are more than welcome to quote me however I should warn you that I am not a Microsoft employee and am not privy to any inside information. 3. I'm sure that you don't believe everything that a specific vendor tells you. If you do, you've got a rude awaking coming to you. Sometimes companies stretch the truth or exaggerate just to sell their products. I know, you're dumbfounded by this, aren't you? Oh well, it's better to learn this now while you are still young. 4. Google will often give you links to Microsoft's site. 5. Your original question is outside of the scope of this newsgroup; however, I still made a friendly attempt to point you in the correct direction. You're the one who is feeling froggy, not me. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "EllenMarie" wrote in message news So, JoAnn, what you are telling me is: you would advise that my research on the MicroSoft Co and MS products be conducted completely outside of the company. You think that third party information is more relevant or reliable than information obtained directly from the company I'm researching... Please advise, as I would like to quote you as a representative of MicroSoft. If you don't have any information on your history or products, that's OK, just tell me that. Please don't patronize me. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: EllenMarie - I would be willing to bet that there are lots of sites out there that have the information you are looking for. I am going to politely suggest that you learn to use Google or MSN Search or the like. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "EllenMarie" wrote in message ... I'm writing a paper for a college class and need some general info on Word. What year was it first released? How many current users worldwide?... general stuff like that. If there is any articles you can email or direct me to or give what demographics you can. The paper is a comparison of Word and Adobe FrameMaker if you have any specific comments as well. Thanks |
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:25:28 -0800, "EllenMarie"
wrote: I'm writing a paper for a college class and need some general info on Word. What year was it first released? How many current users worldwide?... general stuff like that. If there is any articles you can email or direct me to or give what demographics you can. The paper is a comparison of Word and Adobe FrameMaker if you have any specific comments as well. Thanks For a brief history, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word. Insider's views can be found at http://blogs.msdn.com/chris_pratley/...27/120944.aspx and http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archiv...ory/10948.aspx. I don't have an official count of the number of users, but http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trivia/index.html notes that MS claims 300 million. I don't think that includes pirated copies. :-) I'm sure Microsoft knows a lot more about the demographics of the user base, but it's proprietary (trade secret) information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thank you very much for the info, Jay. Chris Pratley's Blog was particularly
helpful and I cited Shauna Kelly as well. My paper turned out quite well with your help but I don't think I'll be coming here for any further assistance. I obviously don't understand the culture of chat. I had searched the Microsoft site looking for any historical information as I really wanted to cite something from the company. (Adobe had plenty available on their site.) This seemed like the right place to pose such a query. Interesting that JoAnn would assume that I was young in her condescending remarks; I may not know how to use chat rooms but I do know better than to make assumptions. I am 51 and anything but naïve. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:25:28 -0800, "EllenMarie" wrote: I'm writing a paper for a college class and need some general info on Word. What year was it first released? How many current users worldwide?... general stuff like that. If there is any articles you can email or direct me to or give what demographics you can. The paper is a comparison of Word and Adobe FrameMaker if you have any specific comments as well. Thanks For a brief history, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word. Insider's views can be found at http://blogs.msdn.com/chris_pratley/...27/120944.aspx and http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archiv...ory/10948.aspx. I don't have an official count of the number of users, but http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/trivia/index.html notes that MS claims 300 million. I don't think that includes pirated copies. :-) I'm sure Microsoft knows a lot more about the demographics of the user base, but it's proprietary (trade secret) information. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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