MicroPro Owned Installed Competence Not WordStar Code

A post quotes Isegoria on MicroPro and WordStar. The supplied summary states that in 1979 MicroPro's WordStar became dominant through its command set and trained users and reached seventy million dollars in revenue. The company then replaced it with an incompatible product. The quote reads MicroPro thought it owned the code what it owned was installed competence. The packet frames the episode as a lesson for AI companies in 2026.