Dead Media Beat: Microsoft Word

*Boy, that would be one big, fat, feature-cluttered dead carcass.

*But this guy's argument looks pretty strong.

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/08/microsoft-word-1983—2009-rest-in-peace.ars

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"Word—and I know I'll be attacked for saying this—is the new typewriter.

"Maybe I'm wrong. Software is, after all, infinitely adjustable, something that typewriters aren't. Microsoft has put some effort into making Word part of the new web-based world, such as adding support to post an article direc