BRUNO was the first commercial computer software program for creating presentations (
Presentation program
A computing, a presentation program (also called presentation software) is a software package used to display information in the form of a slide show. It has three major functions:
* an editor that allows text to be inserted and formatted
* a m ...
) using a
WYSIWYG
In computing, WYSIWYG ( ), an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, is a system in which editing software allows content to be edited in a form that resembles its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, such as a printed d ...
user interface. BRUNO, which originated on the
Hewlett Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components ...
HP-1000 F-Series computer, was developed by Jim Long and Philip Walden of
Hewlett Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components ...
. 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 HP-Draw.
HPDRAW
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Trivia
* 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.
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