The late 90s. Office for dos is not what we know now. Office 98 was basically the same as what we have today, the improvements since then have been only incremental. And often worse like the ribbon. Visual studio came from this time too, they were really on a roll then.
Microsoft just stops investing in innovation once they take over a market. You saw it with IE, with office, with windows even.
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The late 90s. Office for dos is not what we know now. Office 98 was basically the same as what we have today, the improvements since then have been only incremental. And often worse like the ribbon. Visual studio came from this time too, they were really on a roll then.
Microsoft just stops investing in innovation once they take over a market. You saw it with IE, with office, with windows even.