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MK>> however, Microsoft realized that Windows needed further
MK>> development.

MK>I dispute that.  I think it should have gotten the complete heave ho, neverm
MK>any further development.  When I saw Windows 2.0 running off a 5.25" floppy
MK>a 286 my exact words were, "Nobody will buy that." Boy was I ever wrong wrt
MK>future but was sort of right about the 286 running Windows 2.0.  Was that ev
MK>painful to watch.  I do recall PageMaker on there.  What ever happened with
MK>that?

It is still arround but Improved(??) and under a different name.
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PageMaker was the one of the first desktop publishing programs,
introduced in 1985 by Aldus Corporation, initially for the then new
Apple Macintosh and in 1987 for PCs running the then new Windows 1.0.

PageMaker was awarded an SPA Excellence in Software Award for Best New
Use of a Computer in 1986.

PageMaker relies on Adobe Systems' PostScript page description language,
and in 1994 Adobe Systems acquired Aldus and PageMaker.

As an application relying on a graphical user interface, PageMaker
helped to popularize the Macintosh platform and the Windows environment

Version 1.2 for Macintosh was released in 1986 and added support for
PostScript fonts built into LaserWriter Plus or downloaded to the memory
of other output devices.

Until May 1987 the initial Windows release was bundled with a full
version of Windows 1.0.3, after that date a "Windows-runtime" with no
task-switching capabilities was included. Thus, users who did not have
Windows could run the application from MS-DOS.

Version 3 for Macintosh was shipped in April 1988. The PC version was
shipped in May 1988. Version 3.01 was available for OS/2 and took
extensive advantage of multithreading for improved user responsiveness.

The last version is PageMaker 7.0, released July 9, 2001, though updates
have been released for the two supported platforms since.

The Macintosh version runs only in Mac OS 9 or earlier; there is no
native support for Mac OS X, and it does not run at all on Intel-based
Macintoshes. It does not run well under Classic, and Adobe recommends
customers use an older Macintosh capable of booting into Mac OS 9. The
Windows version supports Windows XP, but according to Adobe, "PageMaker
7.x does not install or run on Windows Vista." However, PageMaker 6.5
will install and run on Windows Vista

In 2004, Adobe announced that development for Adobe PageMaker had ceased
but that Adobe would continue to sell and support it. InDesign was
presented as the successor product. Upgrades from PageMaker to InDesign
2.0 and (after the release of InDesign CS) a "PageMaker Plug-in Pack"
were offered, containing PageMaker-specific features and help topics,
complimentary Myriad Pro fonts and templates.
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