Dennis Austin, co-creator of Microsoft PowerPoint, dies at 76

Dennis Austin, co-creator of Microsoft PowerPoint, dies at 76

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Category : Obituaries Published on: September 13 2023

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  • Dennis Austin, one of the co-creators of Microsoft PowerPoint, has died at the age of 76.
  • Dennis Austin, along with Robert Gaskins, developed PowerPoint and introduced it in 1987.
  • Austin and Gaskins were both part of the software company Forethought, which was later acquired by Microsoft for $14 million shortly after the launch of PowerPoint, which was originally named Presenter.
  • Initially, PowerPoint was available exclusively for the Macintosh platform.
  • Dennis R. Austin was the lead software developer of PowerPoint from 1985 to 1996, focusing on versions for Apple Macintosh computers.
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