Bruno (software) explained

BRUNO was the first commercial computer software program for creating presentations (Presentation program) using a WYSIWYG user interface. BRUNO, which originated on the Hewlett Packard HP 1000 F-Series computer, was developed by Jim Long and Philip Walden of Hewlett Packard. The application was finished in 1979 and was used around the world by HP customers. BRUNO was later ported to the HP-3000^[1] and renamed HP-Draw.^{[2] [3]}

Trivia

• Bruno was named after a hand puppet used to train field sales representatives.
• Bruno became HP-Draw mostly because Robert Dea, a HP-3000 team member, and Philip Walden shared work topics during their long van pool rides.

Notes and References

1. Purnaveja. Chayaboon. Swift. Janet. November 1983. Convenient Creation and Manipulation of Presentation Aids. HP Journal. 34. 11. 13–16. HP Labs HP Journal Archive.
2. http://www.hpmuseum.net/pdf/ComputerFocus_1985_Sep_29pages_OCR.pdf HP Draw pg16
3. http://www.hpmuseum.net/collection_document.php HPDRAW