Douglas Engelbart was an incredible early computer pioneer. In the article and in the video he is presenting the new software called WYSIWYG which practically works and looks very similar to today's Excel. What made this so amazing was that at that time computers were for military and government use only. This software was more for personal computers or "PC" because as the first example that Mr. Engelbart made, it allowed women or men to create lists for the supermarket or any to do list. It also allowed categorizing and organizing everything like an outline. With this software there was also the copy and paste text or more commands that would help. I think the presentation was amazing as I was watching it, I can't imagine how shocked people were at that time when it first launched.
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