Originally Posted by Lord of the Rings

I recall back in the 1980's there were two competing word processing programs (WordPerfect and WordStar) very similar to MS Word and both were arguably as good if not superior and my preferred choice on the Windows platform. But these programs appear to have vanished. (When it comes to superior distribution and marketing, it's not always the best product that wins and eventually the better one vanishes off the market. BETA versus VHS video players was a good example except that also included patent issues.)