Seymour I. Rubinstein
Seymour I. Rubinstein | |
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| Born | April 14, 1934 |
| Died | November 12, 2020 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Software developer |
Seymour Ivan Rubinstein (April 14, 1934 – November 12, 2020) was an American businessman and software developer. With the founding of MicroPro International in 1978, he became a pioneer of personal computer software, publishing the popular word processing package, WordStar. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and after a six-year stint in New Hampshire, later moved to California. Programs developed under his direction include WordStar, HelpDesk, Quattro Pro, and WebSleuth, among others. WordStar was the first truly successful program for the personal computer in a commercial sense and gave reasonably priced access to word processing for the general population for the first time.
Rubinstein began his involvement with microcomputers as director of marketing at IMSAI.
Rubinstein died on November 12, 2020, at the age of 86.