[Info-vax] Current VMS engineering quality, was: Re: What's VMS up to these days?

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In article <mOOdnYVwoIuqM8rSnZ2dnUVZ_qOdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
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>Hey!  It works for me.  Has for years!  Windows XP Service Pack 3.
>
>Am I supposed to replace it with the cryptic language used by Unix 
>and/or Linux?

As opposed to no language in WEENDOZE.



>No thanks!
>
>VMS is great but I can't afford it and the applications I need either 
>don't run under VMS or I can't afford them.
>
>Word or equivalent  (Word Perfect is or was available $$$$$$)

OpenOffice/LibreOffice is available for Linux/Mac OS X and Apple Pages
for Mac OS X.

>I have a licensed copy for Windows
>Lotus 1-2-3 or equivalent

OpenOffice/LibreOffice is available for Linux & Mac OS X and Apple Numbers
for Mac OS X.

>Family Tree Maker

That's available on OS X.  There's probably free alternatives on Linux.


>CardFile
>TurboTax (Federal & State Income Tax)

Runs on OS X too.

>Quicken (My checking account)

Also runs on OS X.


>Bridge Baron (Contract Bridge game)

XContractBridge 16.00


>Motorola Phone Tools  (Cell-Phone stuff)

Dunno.  I wouldn't buy another Motorola phone since I was suckered into
purchasing the Razor.  What a PoS that was!


The excuses that one can't live without Billzebub just don't fly in the
face of reality. ;)
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