Dennis Austin, the Software Developer of PowerPoint, Dies At 76

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By BeauHDSep 9, 2023, 3:00 am179 pts
Dennis Austin, the principal software developer of PowerPoint, passed away from lung cancer on Sept. 1. He was 76. The Washington Post reports: Released in 1987 by Forethought, a small software firm, PowerPoint was the digital successor to overhead projectors, transforming the labor-intensive process of…

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