https://dfarq.homeip.net/does-finished-software-really-exist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-finished-software-really-exist David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Mon, 19 Jan 2026 23:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://dfarq.homeip.net/does-finished-software-really-exist/#comment-56402 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:10:53 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=33852#comment-56402 I did an entire podcast on WordStar history last year. And it is funny to hear someone look back on WordStar 4.0 as “finished” software. For one thing, WordStar 4.0 was really just an improved version of NewWord 3.0, a breakway project created by programmers who were laid off by WordStar’s parent company. The WordStar folks tried to move past their original product by adapting a completely different code base and selling it as WordStar 2000 but the existing customers largely balked. WordStar then bought out NewWord and had then refactor their code into WordStar 4.0.

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