[Color Computer] [Coco] RE: Trailing edge. Was: Coco Digest, Vol 35, Issue 1
James Diffendaffer
jdiffendaffer at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 5 09:34:02 EDT 2006
A DOS word processor... that reminded me of something I saw recently.
Hey hey 16K http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/
Remember when 1K was considered a page of text? Now I think my
documents have more formatting embedded than actual text.
I really love it when someone designs a web page in Word and expects
me to use it. The first think I have to do is cut the crap out so
it's about half the size.
>Christopher R. Hawks of HAWKSoft has a tagline that reads:
>
>"Any research done on how to efficiently use computers has been long
>lost in the mad rush to upgrade systems to do things that aren't >needed
>by people who don't understand what they are really supposed to do >with
>them.
> "-- Graham Reed, in a.s.r."
>
>--- ain't that the truth! I spoke to someone Sunday who uses his
>computer as a word processor. That's it. He's happy with his machine
>(DOS?), and sees no need to upgrade. I'm a believer in "trailing >edge"
>technology myself -- got too many scars from the "bleeding edge."
>
>--Rich
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