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 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
edit- 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.
References
edit- ↑ Purnaveja, Chayaboon; Swift, Janet (November 1983). "Convenient creation and manipulation of presentation aids" (PDF). Hewlett-Packard Journal. Vol. 34, no. 11. Palo Alto, California: Hewlett-Packard Company. pp. 13–17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-12-06. p. 17:
Phil Walden and Jim Long made HP 1000 software available to the design team. Their work was helpful in determining objectives during the development phase of HPDRAW.
- ↑ Hewlett-Packard (November 1982). "HP Words, Data, and Graphics: An integrated printing solution" (Marketing material). Palo Alto, California: Author.
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