6 disk set of Harvard Graphics version 2.10

A small company in Silicon Valley called Forethought had also been developing a presentation product for years; Forethought released its competing product for the Apple Macintosh, PowerPoint 1.0, in 1987. The next year, Microsoft purchased Forethought, and released ports of PowerPoint for Windows 2.0. Nevertheless, in the late 1980s Harvard Graphics was the overwhelming leader in presentation graphics software sales, with over 70% market share, according to IDC research figures at the time.

Microsoft assimilated PowerPoint into the 1990 release of its Office suite for Mac OS; in turn, Harvard Graphics, Inc. ported its own software to Microsoft Windows 3.0 in 1991.

Harvard Graphics, PowerPoint, Aldus Persuasion, Lotus Freelance, and (later) WordPerfect Presentations competed through the early 1990s, and Harvard Graphics gradually lost market share. In 2001, Serif Incorporated purchased exclusive marketing rights to the product line of Harvard Graphics, Inc., and assumed product support responsibilities.

Sources

• About HG - Abbreviated history of Harvard Graphics, Inc.

See also

• Bar chart
• Gantt chart
• Pie chart
• Slide projector

External links

• official website of Harvard Graphics, Inc
• official website of Serif Incorporated

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