Editing WriteNow (section)

==History==
WriteNow was written for [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer, Inc.]], by John Anderson and Bill Tschumy in Seattle, separate from the Macintosh computer and [[MacWrite]] word processor development teams. [[Steve Jobs]] was concerned that those programming MacWrite were not going to be ready for the 1984 release date of the Macintosh;<ref name=nextwextra0991>{{cite magazine |magazine=NeXTWorld Extra |issue=September 1991 |date=September 1991| title=WriteNow spun out to software startup |pages=1–2 |first1=Dan |last1=Ruby |first2=Dan |last2=Lavin |access-date=12 August 2021 |url=https://archive.org/details/NeXTWORLDVol.1No.4Winter1991/page/n87/mode/2up}}</ref> Apple Computer therefore commissioned a team of programmers, friends of Apple engineer [[Bud Tribble]], to work independently on a similar project, which eventually became WriteNow.<ref name=nextworld3_7 /> Members of the WriteNow team knew about MacWrite, but members of the MacWrite team did not know about WriteNow.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Ultimately, MacWrite was completed on schedule and shipped with the Macintosh. This left WriteNow in limbo until Jobs left Apple to form [[NeXT]] and bought Solaster Software which was started by John Anderson, Bill Tschumy and Christopher Stinson.{{citation needed|date=May 2022 |reason=Coulter 1993 talks about Bill joining NeXT and two unnamed grad students. There is reference of Anderson being from the same zoology department and Solaster Software at https://archive.org/details/h42_Oregon_Software_Omni_Pascal_Newsletter/page/n96/mode/1up - but little to link it all together but the edit}} John and Bill, the authors of WriteNow, joined NeXT. WriteNow marketing rights ended up being owned by NeXT,<ref name=nextworld3_7 /> and WriteNow released for the Macintosh in 1985, published by the [[T/Maker]] Company.

In October 1988, WriteNow 2.0 was released on Macintosh,<ref>{{cite magazine
| magazine  = [[MacUser (US edition)|MacUser]]
| url = https://archive.org/details/MacUser8908August1989/page/n141/mode/1up
| title = Word Wrestlers
| pages = 138–139
| first  = Laura
| last   = Johnson
| date   = August 1989
| volume = 5
| issue  = 8
}}</ref> adding dictionaries, character / word / paragraph count, import and export of [[Rich Text Format|RTF]] and [[MacWrite]] files, and updated compatibility with recent system enhancements.<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine=[[Macworld]]| title=New WriteNow Now| page=14| url=https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_8904_April_1989/page/n13/mode/1up| volume=6| issue=4| date=April 1989}}</ref><ref name=macuser1989_08_2>{{cite magazine
| magazine  = [[MacUser (US edition)|MacUser]]
| url = https://archive.org/details/MacUser8908August1989/page/n141/mode/1up
| title = MacWrite II WriteNow
| pages = 140–147
| first1  = Russell
| last1   = Ito
| first2  = James
| last2   = Finn
| date   = August 1989
| volume = 5
| issue  = 8
}}</ref> Version 3.0 introduced style sheets.<ref>{{cite magazine
| magazine  = [[MacUser (US edition)|MacUser]]
| title     = The right word processor
| first     = Ted
| last      = Landau
| date      = September 1992
| pages     = 101–110
| volume    = 8
| issue     = 9
| url       = https://archive.org/details/MacUser9209September1992/page/n102/mode/1up
}}</ref>