“We just tell you, hey, this is an alternative to PowerPoint. Go ahead and try it.”
PowerPoint
By Microsoft
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“setting its sights on becoming the modern alternative to PowerPoint”
“the first phase was uh 1980s we had PowerPoint”
“I still remember that email from Jeff which is no more PowerPoint”
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