[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00A97187.B3E365AE at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> In article <iEJ0n.14294$U5.217867 at newsb.telia.net>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan-Erik_S=F6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>>VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article <7qgsuoFcd5U2 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>>>> In article <00A97168.66C892A0 at sendspamhere.org>,
>>>> 	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>>>>> In article <hhv1b3$2sn$02$2 at news.t-online.com>, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> writes:
>>>>>> VAXman- schrieb:
>>>>>>> In article <4b4138f2$0$269$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 03-01-2010 19:36, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Arne Vajh?j wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 03-01-2010 05:13, Michael Kraemer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Arne Vajh?j schrieb:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> And MS supply free readers for doc/xls/ppt as well.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> And they have publicized their formats as well, so
>>>>>>>>>>>> other can implement them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> So the difference is ??
>>>>>>>>>>> that M$ didn't do this until their monopoly
>>>>>>>>>>> was completed. About fifteen years ago
>>>>>>>>>>> you'd had a hard time to view those proprietary
>>>>>>>>>>> formats properly on anything different than M$ Windoze+office.
>>>>>>>>>> True. But you would have the same problems with Lotus, WordPerfect
>>>>>>>>>> etc. products.
>>>>>>>>> ISTR that there was/is WordPerfect for VMS. I'm quite certain that it
>>>>>>>>> was available about ten years ago. I'm not sure about now.
>>>>>>>> More like 15-20 years ago.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and still available.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> for VMS (and UNIX) or just for M$ OS?
>>>>> Visit: http://www.ProvN.com/
>>>> Did you?
>>>>
>>>> The first two are not links and the second two are dead links.
>>> 
>>> ???  
>>> 
>>> First two what? And second two what?  I posted one URL.
>>> 
>>
>>The WordPerfect links on "http://www.provn.com/main.html"
>>are not the same as on "http://www.provn.com/Products/products.htm".
>>
>>The difference is minor but enough to make the links on the
>>"main" page to not function properly.
> 
> OK.  Bill's post wasn't clear.  All I posted was a URL.
> 
> 
>>On "http://www.provn.com/main.html" :
>>
>>http://www.provn.com/products/wp53.pdf
>>http://www.provn.com/products/wp71.pdf
>>
>>On "http://www.provn.com/Products/products.htm" :
>>
>>http://www.provn.com/Products/wp53.pdf
>>http://www.provn.com/Products/wp71.pdf
>>
>>Note the uppercase "P" in the latter case...
>>
>>Now, it wasn't *THAT* hard for either you or Bill to
>>see that, so this thread is a joke...
>>
>>Finaly, the fact that noone has fixed the links on the "main" page
>>probably tells everything about the interest in the product...
> 
> OK.  The links are working.  
 
This just gets funnier all the time.  You do realize that link just
delivers a 10 year old PDF file.  I have no doubt that WP7.1 was
available for OpenVMS in 1999 but I seriously doubt it is still
considered a product by its owners.  I actually went to WordPerfects
webpage and I am afraid I found no mention of VMS there.  I hardly
think some guy selling old copies of software out of his garage
counts as a "product being available".


bill

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