&#62; But no, "I need word" and thus Microsoft happily kept DOS/Win95 around for a long time.<p>Wrong example. The late 80s Word 4.0 for Mac was the template. I'd class it as one of the best programs ever, if a bit crashy on the 8 MHz 68k MacPlus ...<p>I'd say Lotus 123 and later Excel. Perhaps also DBase3.