Dennis Austin, the principal developer of PowerPoint who led development of the presentation software until he retired in 1996, died on September 1 aged 76 (Michael S. Rosenwald/Washington Post)

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Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Dennis Austin, the principal developer of PowerPoint who led development of the presentation software until he retired in 1996, died on September 1 aged 76  —  The program was the digital successor of the overhead projector.  It became one of the most ubiquitous and scorned programs of modern office life.

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