Bruno (software)
WYSIWYG presentation program (1979-)
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BRUNO was the first commercial computer software program for creating presentations using a WYSIWYG user interface. BRUNO, which originated on the Hewlett Packard HP 1000 F-Series computer, was developed by Jim Long and Philip Walden of Hewlett Packard.[citation needed] The application was finished in 1979 and was used around the world by HP customers. BRUNO was later ported to the HP 3000 series and renamed HPDRAW.[1] HPDRAW was released sometime before November 1982, when it was sold as part of the software page "HP Words, Data, and Graphics".[2]
Trivia
- Bruno was named after a hand puppet used to train field sales representatives.
- Bruno became HP-Draw mostly because Robert Dea, a HP-3000 team member, and Philip Walden shared work topics during their long van pool rides.
