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Acquired returns with a classic delving into Microsoft’s first acquisition ever: Forethought Inc the makers of PowerPoint. Hate it or love it you can’t deny the combined companies’ impact: by the early 90’s PowerPoint had transformed the way businesses educators and governments communicate ensuring job security for pointy-haired Dilbert bosses everywhere.



Links:

 * Robert Gaskins’ definitive history of building PowerPoint: Sweating Bullets [https://www.robertgaskins.com/powerpoint-histo

Season 2 Episode 7: PowerPoint

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