Intel rejects Vista, will stay with XP and wait for windows7

terryc wrote:

Aaah yes, the MS word treadmill where you had to have the latest copy of
MS Word because some stupid customer had upgraded. Still didn't get you
out of the incompatibility between different MS Word versions.
Click to expand...
I always save as rtf (rich text format), smaller files by a mile and just about
every WP in the world can read them.

Graham
 
terryc wrote:

WP productivity still outperforms MSWord
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I consider MS Word an 'anti-productivity' tool.

I do most of my stuff in write or 'wordpad' and import it (if required) to dress
up as required later.

Preferred DOS WS over DOS WP though.

Graham
 
atec77 wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
terryc wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:47:00 +1000, son of a bitch wrote:

But back in the old days....
Trying to Convince Management to ween of Word Perfect,OS/2

Why is the blue blazes would any sane company have moved from WP or
Os/2?

Both were exceedingly good, solid products.


OS/2 made by IBM, IBM is hopeless at writing code
Oh Dear
Biggest downfall, again software support for Devices.
oops

WP, what else can you say. The world moved onto GUI's and
WP was still in DOS Mode, their Windows incantation was a
complete flop. It was sold more times than used car.
you certainly have a short memory , although maybe you were not in the
industry many years ago as some of were...
Click to expand...
The DOS version of Version WP was probably the best thing at that time.
By the time they delivered the Windows Version the world had moved
toward M$-Word. It was good but it crashed an awful lot. By the time
they fixed all the bugs, they really did miss the boat.
It did not win the race for the Desktop. So now, M$ has an enormous
percentage in the Office tools market.

How many desktops do you see running Smart Suite or Word Perfect Office?
 
terryc wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:52:59 -0400, Michael A. Terrell wrote:


terryc wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:47:00 +1000, son of a bitch wrote:

But back in the old days....
Trying to Convince Management to ween of Word Perfect,OS/2

Why is the blue blazes would any sane company have moved from WP or Os/2?

Both were exceedingly good, solid products.

They moved from WP because their customers couldn't open the files.

Aaah yes, the MS word treadmill where you had to have the latest copy of
MS Word because some stupid customer had upgraded. Still didn't get you
out of the incompatibility between different MS Word versions.

as One
engineer at a company I worked for refused to use the company standard
word processing software, so they told him to switch, or he was fired.

I only ever fell for that line (or variations) once. From then on in, I
always answered "okay, I'm off". You should have seen the back pedalling.
Click to expand...

They ended up laying him off a little later, because of his attitude
problems. The last I heard, he is a radio operator on a cruise ship.


Never withdrew either. also loved the "naah, can't be arsed doing that,
I'm outta here in X days". Sigh, the benefit of putting all your "super"
into paying off your home mortgage.

Everything he did had to be retyped,

That is pure incompetece by the IT dept (export, import). Too many are
power game places rather than company support places.
Click to expand...

He was using an early version of Wordstar, so all formatting was not
only useless, the exported file was full of extra crap. Since it wasn't
networked, the only way to export data was to a 5.25" floppy, and that
was one of the few computers in the company that had one. The others
were all being used with older EPROM programmers on the production
floor. No computer on the network had a 5.25" drive, and they let him
get away with it for almost three years of not using the networked
computer.


BTW, there may be errors in my posts for a while. I haven't been
able to open my right eye enough to see out of it for almost a month,
and the doctors said it will be about three more months before it heals.

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son of a bitch wrote:
atec77 wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
terryc wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:47:00 +1000, son of a bitch wrote:

But back in the old days....
Trying to Convince Management to ween of Word Perfect,OS/2

Why is the blue blazes would any sane company have moved from WP or
Os/2?

Both were exceedingly good, solid products.


OS/2 made by IBM, IBM is hopeless at writing code
Oh Dear
Biggest downfall, again software support for Devices.
oops

WP, what else can you say. The world moved onto GUI's and
WP was still in DOS Mode, their Windows incantation was a
complete flop. It was sold more times than used car.
you certainly have a short memory , although maybe you were not in
the industry many years ago as some of were...


The DOS version of Version WP was probably the best thing at that time.
By the time they delivered the Windows Version the world had moved
toward M$-Word. It was good but it crashed an awful lot. By the time
they fixed all the bugs, they really did miss the boat.
It did not win the race for the Desktop. So now, M$ has an enormous
percentage in the Office tools market.

How many desktops do you see running Smart Suite or Word Perfect Office?

We have a majority not running m/s office , most use a simple word
Click to expand...
processor and the tasks the machine is intended for
There is a growing trend to dump m/s and install other o/s in the
fields we service ... you should google m/s extortion on licensing fees..
 
Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
terryc wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:52:59 -0400, Michael A. Terrell wrote:


terryc wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:47:00 +1000, son of a bitch wrote:

But back in the old days....
Trying to Convince Management to ween of Word Perfect,OS/2

Why is the blue blazes would any sane company have moved from WP
or Os/2?

Both were exceedingly good, solid products.

They moved from WP because their customers couldn't open the files.

Aaah yes, the MS word treadmill where you had to have the latest
copy of MS Word because some stupid customer had upgraded. Still
didn't get you out of the incompatibility between different MS Word
versions.

as One
engineer at a company I worked for refused to use the company
standard word processing software, so they told him to switch, or
he was fired.

I only ever fell for that line (or variations) once. From then on
in, I always answered "okay, I'm off". You should have seen the back
pedalling.


They ended up laying him off a little later, because of his attitude
problems. The last I heard, he is a radio operator on a cruise ship.


Never withdrew either. also loved the "naah, can't be arsed doing
that, I'm outta here in X days". Sigh, the benefit of putting all
your "super" into paying off your home mortgage.

Everything he did had to be retyped,

That is pure incompetece by the IT dept (export, import). Too many
are power game places rather than company support places.


He was using an early version of Wordstar, so all formatting was not
only useless, the exported file was full of extra crap. Since it
wasn't networked, the only way to export data was to a 5.25" floppy,
and that was one of the few computers in the company that had one.
The others were all being used with older EPROM programmers on the
production floor. No computer on the network had a 5.25" drive, and
they let him get away with it for almost three years of not using the
networked computer.


BTW, there may be errors in my posts for a while. I haven't been
able to open my right eye enough to see out of it for almost a month,
and the doctors said it will be about three more months before it heals.
Click to expand...
You were warned about wanking yourself blind, child.
 
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:57:00 +0100, Eeyore wrote:


Preferred DOS WS over DOS WP though.
Click to expand...
About that stage I was still using Spellbinder on CPM. By the time I was
able to play with Wordstar, it seemed a step backwards from Spellbinder.
 
terryc wrote:

Eeyore wrote:

Preferred DOS WS over DOS WP though.

About that stage I was still using Spellbinder on CPM. By the time I was
able to play with Wordstar, it seemed a step backwards from Spellbinder.
Click to expand...
Never met that one.

The first WP I used was 'View' on the BBC Model B around 1984. It had the
endearing feature of only being able to efit 'forward', so if you wanted to
go back and change something, you had to save and open the document all over
again.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/03/remembering_the_bbc_micro_1.html

Next to that WS was a joy.

Graham
 
Rod Speed wrote:
Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
Rod Speed wrote:

You were warned about wanking yourself blind, child.

I see that you are as ignorant of the human body as you are of electronics.

Got that SoH bypass on medicare did you child ?
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I'm not on Medicare, moron. Do you ever get anything right? Or are
you too busy typing with one hand to even care? Did you ever install
that windshield wiper on your monitor so you don't have to keep wiping
it off?


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Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

You were warned about wanking yourself blind, child.

I see that you are as ignorant of the human body as you are of electronics.

Got that SoH bypass on medicare did you child ?

I'm not on Medicare, moron.
Click to expand...
Your problem, fuckwit.

Do you ever get anything right?
Click to expand...
Thanks for that completely superfluous proof of the effectiveness of that SoH bypass, fuckwit.

<reams of your peurile shit any 2 year old could leave for dead flushed where it belongs>
 
Rod Speed wrote:
Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

You were warned about wanking yourself blind, child.

I see that you are as ignorant of the human body as you are of electronics.

Got that SoH bypass on medicare did you child ?

I'm not on Medicare, moron.

Your problem, fuckwit.
Click to expand...

Apparently it's your problem, since I have VA medical coverage.


Do you ever get anything right?

Thanks for that completely superfluous proof of the effectiveness of that SoH bypass, fuckwit.

reams of your peurile shit any 2 year old could leave for dead flushed where it belongs
Click to expand...

And yet you're still here? What a load!


You always have to prove your ignorance, don't you? You're just
another substandard troll. :(


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Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote
Rod Speed wrote

You were warned about wanking yourself blind, child.

I see that you are as ignorant of the human body as you are of electronics.

Got that SoH bypass on medicare did you child ?

I'm not on Medicare, moron.

Your problem, fuckwit.

Apparently it's your problem,
Click to expand...
Nope, where you got your SoH bypass is your problem, fuckwit.

since I have VA medical coverage.
Click to expand...
Your problem, fuckwit.

Do you ever get anything right?

Thanks for that completely superfluous proof of the effectiveness of that SoH bypass, fuckwit.
Click to expand...
<reams of your peurile shit any 2 year old could leave for dead flushed where it belongs>
 
Rod Speed wrote:

Nope, where you got your SoH bypass is your problem, fuckwit.
Click to expand...

My sense of humor is fine. I just have a zero tolerance policy for
low functioning morons like you and your twin brother Phil. You are both
meat popsickles, dead from the neck, up and surrounded by angry flies.


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Some terminal fuckwit with a very effect SoH bypass claiming to be
Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote just the puerile
shit any 2 year old could leave for dead.
 
Rod Speed wrote:
Some terminal fuckwit with a very effect SoH bypass claiming to be
Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote just the puerile
shit any 2 year old could leave for dead.
Click to expand...

Yawn. Rod is still dumber than his twin brother Phil.


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Some terminal fuckwit with a very effect SoH bypass claiming to be
Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote just the puerile
shit any 2 year old could leave for dead.
 
Rod Speed wrote:
You were warned about wanking yourself blind, child.
Click to expand...

I see that you are as ignorant of the human body as you are of
electronics. Ask your boyfriend Phil to explain it to you.


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Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
Rod Speed wrote:

You were warned about wanking yourself blind, child.

I see that you are as ignorant of the human body as you are of electronics.
Click to expand...
Got that SoH bypass on medicare did you child ?
 
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