The software has no shortage of critics inside the armed forces. Nevertheless … it persists.
This past Sunday marked 20 years since then-Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered his remarks to the U.N. Security Council laying out the evidence for the existence of Saddam Hussein’s “weapons of mass destruction.” The episode is now infamous, but probably few remember thePowell used to add gravitas to his presentation, which was titled “Iraq: Failing to Disarm.” Aided by the ubiquitous slideshow software, Powell performed his sleight of hand to justify the impending U.S. invasion. “As Mr.
But this is a two-way street: The military has also adopted business culture. How did this benign corporate software become the Pentagon’s weapon of choice, equally at home in the boardroom and the war room?Released in 1987, PowerPoint added flashy computerized flair to the overhead-projector presentation.
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