'Not all heroes wear capes': Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it's perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft's bloat
Computing Software Windows 'Not all heroes wear capes': Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it's perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft's bloat News By Darren Allan Published 11 August 2026 Opus resurrected When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. You may like Want Notepad to be like it was in the Windows XP era? Meet TinyRetroPad Microsoft vows to make Windows 11 run better with 8GB of RAM Windows 11 is 5 years old — and I think Microsoft's finally onto a winner The result is a very simple word processor that takes the idea of a streamlined app to new levels.
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Computing Software Windows 'Not all heroes wear capes': Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it's perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft's bloat News By Darren Allan Published 11 August 2026 Opus resurrected When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: rui vale sousa / Shutterstock) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Someone has ported Word for Windows 1.1a to Windows 11It's a fully native portIt's not easy to get it up and running on your system — should you wish to — but there are other alternatives to the feature-creep of…
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