[ale] Introduction and info about myself

Mon Oct 29 15:54:32 EDT 2012

about 3 years ago, I tossed that Corel Linux box in the trash. Knew I
would never use it again. So far, I've been right!

Ditto on ApplixWare. Found the book still on my bookshelf this morning.

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu> wrote:
> Ah, I remember the Linux version of WP well.  That was back in the late
> 90s when Corel was still dabbling in the Linux field (anyone remember
> their distro "Corel Linux?").  I was a heavy user of Lotus Approach in the
> 90s . . . I could get more done in five minutes with Approach than I could
> in five hours with Access or Paradox.  It is such a shame that it had a
> similar fate to AmiPro.
> Allen B.
> --
> Allen Beddingfield
> Systems Engineer
> The University of Alabama
>
>
>
>
> On 10/29/12 2:23 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>there was a version of WP for Linux for a while. Corel killed that one
>>first. I spent countless hours using that as an intermediary between
>>old Mac wordperfect and new windows word. It was all we had that would
>>talk both well enough to convert docs without leaving a smoking pile
>>of bits.
>>
>>I really liked Lotus AmiPro. GUI, 3 floppies only, didn't crash, easy,
>>clean,then it went with Lotus straight to the deepest pit of hell -
>>acquisition by IBM. To think that the pile of feces that is symphony
>>used to be that simple, always worked well AmiPro as a tear-jerker.
>>almost like shooting the dog in Old Yeller.
>>
>>On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu> wrote:
>>> Now I will defend the graphical version of WordPerfect to this day.  I
>>>still find the current version of WP (unfortunately only available for
>>>Windows) to be much more intuitive and easy to use than Word or
>>>LibreOffice Writer.  The only problem is that aside from a few law
>>>offices, there aren't many people using it anymore...  Corel managed to
>>>ride that one all the way to the ground and to start digging...
>>> --
>>> Allen Beddingfield
>>> Systems Engineer
>>> The University of Alabama
>>>
>>> From: Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at Tux86.org<mailto:rfaulkner at Tux86.org>>
>>> Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>>
>>> Date: Monday, October 29, 2012 1:52 PM
>>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>>
>>> Subject: Re: [ale] Introduction and info about myself
>>>
>>> Wordperfect?  Yeah, but Wordstar was better!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 18:34 +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>>>
>>> Wordstar.   Ahem... you're - uh - age is showing   :p
>>>
>>> My start in computers was working on a PC with DOS 2.0 with Lotus 123
>>>version 1A.   Back in those days even the format command assumed you
>>>meant "the current drive" so if you typed "format" rather than "format
>>>A:" after inserting a floppy it would happily overwrite the C: drive
>>>you'd started the format command from.  Back then we didn't even have
>>>"D'oh!" to express our feelings as it was pre-Simpsons.
>>>
>>> I remember when I first used Wordperfect on Novel version 2 and how its
>>>big selling point was that you could hide or display formatting codes at
>>>will so it was an improvement over Wordstar which until then had been
>>>the killer word processing app.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org<mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>
>>>[mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Beddingfield, Allen
>>> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 2:20 PM
>>> To: simontek at gmail.com<mailto:simontek at gmail.com>; Atlanta Linux
>>>Enthusiasts
>>> Subject: Re: [ale] Introduction and info about myself
>>>
>>> I suppose I fall into the vi category, since I have only used emacs
>>>onceŠwell, I opened it once, and then I spent all of the time it was
>>>open trying to figure out how to get out of it :D  Figuring out the pid
>>>at another terminal and killing it works nicely, BTW.
>>> As for nano/pico - my nickname for them is "The line-wrapping config
>>>file mangler!"  They work great a long as no one opens a complex config
>>>file with really long lines.  I'm also partial to joe, since I used to
>>>be a WordStar fanatic, and most of the key sequences match up -
>>>especially when you open it with "jstar"
>>>
>>> --
>>> Allen Beddingfield
>>> Systems Engineer
>>> The University of Alabama
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/29/12 12:17 PM, "simontek at gmail.com<mailto:simontek at gmail.com>"
>>><simontek at gmail.com<mailto:simontek at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I use vi myself. A lot of people I know use nano, only 2 people I know
>>>>use emacs. I figure if I have to use a manual just to exit the program,
>>>>I
>>>>don't need it.
>>>>Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at tux86.org<mailto:rfaulkner at tux86.org>>
>>>>Sender: ale-bounces at ale.org<mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>
>>>>Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:09:45
>>>>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>>
>>>>Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>>
>>>>Subject: Re: [ale] Introduction and info about myself
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>>Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
>>gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
>>own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
>>- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
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Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain

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