PageMaker was enormously popular in the 80s/90s. It was everywhere. I remember writing two different sets of computer manuals with it.
I also used GeoPublish, because Commodore! It was fantastic on the C64.
I also used GeoPublish, because Commodore! It was fantastic on the C64.
Former CEO of GeoWorks claims that GEOS faded away "because Microsoft threatened to withdraw supply of MS-DOS to hardware manufacturers who bundled Geoworks with their machines".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(16-bit_operating_system)
That was a very Microsoft thing to do. They are much nicer nowadays, but back then and when they tried everything to delay FLOSS adoption (with friends we joked they’d eventually kidnap us), they gave me a lot of trouble.
I only had a single professor where doing reports with LaTeX was a thing.