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WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor (1996)
The wordstar update
WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor (1996) is a developing story worth watching.
Why wordstar matters
This development in wordstar, writer, word, processor, 1996 matters because it alters the baseline assumptions that Hacker News and others have been working from.
What led here
What precedes wordstar: a writer's word processor (1996), according to Hacker News, is a sequence of decisions that narrowed the range of possible outcomes.
Where this fits in Signal Ledger
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The editorial angle
The editorial lens here is simple: what does wordstar: a writer's word processor (1996) make possible that was not possible before?
Source note
Hacker News reporting: https://www.sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm