▁resolved , ▁this ▁allowed ▁N D ▁to ▁Take ▁over ▁the ▁Sk ull er ud ▁facilities . ▁To ▁eliminate ▁the ▁negative ▁c ash ▁flow ▁and ▁deb t ▁in ▁T and berg , ▁it ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁N D ' s ▁share hold ers ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁ ▁Development ▁of ▁the ▁office ▁suit ▁Not is ▁started ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁existing ▁expert ise ▁in ▁types et ting ▁and ▁a ▁desire ▁to ▁sell ▁computers ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁sector . ▁ ▁The ▁word ▁processing ▁section ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁program ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁developed ▁by ▁an ▁employee ▁while ▁working ▁at ▁C ER N ▁and ▁this ▁was ▁combined ▁with ▁systems ▁for ▁incorpor ating ▁tables ▁with ▁figures ▁such ▁as ▁bud gets . ▁The ▁system ▁also ▁features ▁search ▁and ▁e - mail . ▁At ▁first ▁the ▁Q ED ▁text ▁editor ▁was ▁used , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁later ▁replaced ▁with ▁T ED , ▁developed ▁by ▁K v am ▁Data . ▁Not is ▁was ▁installed ▁on ▁all ▁systems ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁and ▁quickly ▁became ▁popular ▁among ▁customers . ▁Because ▁N D ' s ▁screens ▁were ▁not ▁optimized ▁for ▁text ▁processing , ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁T and berg ▁Data ▁delivered ▁tail or - made ▁key boards ▁and ▁key boards . ▁Because ▁text ▁processing ▁required ▁high ▁performance ▁and ▁extra ▁peri pher als , ▁N D ▁made ▁high ▁marg ins ▁on ▁the ▁implementation . ▁N D ▁bought ▁the ▁types et ting ▁system ▁Com te c ▁in ▁ 1