The creation of the personal computer market, with the release of the IBM PC, set in motion the development of a number of competing word processing systems. The following year, the company began international marketing of its word processing software. By the end of 1980, SSI had 16 employees. SSI ’s initial growth allowed the company to purchase its own development computer (it had been sharing time on the city ’s of Orem ’s machines) and conduct business on a broader scale. Peterson was given a tie-breaking 0.2 percent stake in SSI, while Bastian and Ashton each kept a 49.9 percent interest in the company.
“Pete ” Peterson to serve as an office manager and organize the fledgling company ’s books. The WordPerfect program was based on the idea that distracting computer functions should be kept off of the computer screen and that users should be able to simply start typing on a blank screen.īastian was responsible for overseeing program improvements while Ashton taught at BYU in the mornings and worked on program development and recruiting the best students from his classes during the afternoons. Relying largely on word-of-mouth advertising, SSI began to sell WordPerfect 1.0, which represented a significant departure from the Wang standard for word processing. With only one customer reference and a meager expense budget, Ashton and Bastian started Satellite Software International (SSI) in 1980. Bastian and Ashton kept the rights to the WordPerfect software they designed for Orem, deciding to market it through their own company. After Bastian received his master ’s degree in computer science the pair again joined forces to design a word processing system for the city of Orem ’s Data General Corp. The two collaborated in devising a software program which would display band formations in three-dimensional graphics.
WordPerfect traces its roots to a partnership which began in 1976 between Bruce Bastian, a Brigham Young University (BYU) graduate student and director of BYU ’s marching band, and BYU computer science professor Alan Ashton. The company is additionally recognized as the software industry leader in providing customer support for its products, which are offered in 28 languages and marketed throughout the world by more than 55 international affiliates serving nearly 120 countries.
Its products serve three principal markets: business, work group, and consumer applications. Along with its flagship WordPerfect word processing program, the company develops and markets software for a variety of computer operating systems. WordPerfect Corporation is the manufacturer of the world ’s all-time best selling, prepackaged word processing software.
Incorporated: 1979 as Satellite Software International
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